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Sonia accuses BJP of failing to keep its promises
Congress Chief charged BJP with using religion, and playing with people's aims, spreading hatred and disinformation before every election in its bid to capture power.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday accused the BJP of failing to keep its promise to provide a clean government at the Centre and said it had again been exposed by the Judeo bribery scandal.
"The day is not far and people should not wonder when the party which is doing politics in the name of religion by raising the slogan of 'Jai Sri Ram' would raise the slogan of 'Jai Sri Bhrashtachar," she said at an election rally here.
Referring to the Judeo scandal, she said had there been no assembly polls in Chhattisgarh and other states, he too would have been given promotion by BJP as was done with those involved in the Tehelka expose. (indicating reinduction of George Fernandes into union cabinet
"The forthcoming polls in Chhattisgarh have forced BJP to take the resignation of Judeo," Sonia said.
Appealing to voters to vote in favour of her party, she claimed that Congress governments in different states had functioned according to promises made in their manifestos.
Admitting that there was a power crisis in the state, she said it was more due to carving out of Chhattisgarh and also allege that the centre was not cooperating with Madhya Pradesh in this regard.
The Congress Chief charged BJP with using religion, and playing with people's aims, spreading hatred and disinformation before every election in its bid to capture power. "
They do not hesitate even to engineer riots," she charged and claimed that the miseries of people had increased manifold under the BJP-led government at the centre due to its misrule while wrong policies adopted by the Vajpayee regime led to rise in unemployment.
Praising the Digvijay Singh government in Madhya Pradesh, she said despite its limitations in many spheres and dependence on the centre in certain areas, the Congress government in the state has performed well.
Rferring to power crisis in the state, she said it was primarily due to bifurcation of the state three years ago and inadequate rainfall for the past couple of years. The situation would have been better had the central government provided necessary assistance to the state, she said.
The rally was also addressed by Chief Minister Digvijay singh, AICC general secretary Ambika Soni and state congress committee president Radhakishan Malviya.
