Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath has expressed confidence that his party will return to power in the state after the assembly elections next year, and said it will waive farmers’ loans and restore the old pension scheme for state government employees.
But the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took a dig at the Congress, saying its promises were “hollow” as people have seen what happened last time under the grand old party’s rule.
Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh are to be held in November 2023. Addressing a rally in Chhatarpur district’s Bada Malhara town on Thursday, Nath said, “After 11 months, the Congress is going to form its government in Madhya Pradesh and soon after assuming power. In the state, the party-led The government will waive the loans of farmers and restore the old pension scheme for state employees.
In 2018, the Congress returned to power in the state after a gap of 15 years, riding on an election promise to waive farmers’ loans. However, the Kamal Nath-led government fell in March 2020 – in 15 months – following a rebellion by loyalists of the then Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with his supporters. Nath accused the BJP of doing politics of dividing people on caste and communal lines and said the Congress believed in uniting them.
Hitting out at the BJP for “doing nothing” for the people despite being in power in the state for 18 years so far, the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president took a jibe at the ruling party, saying it has given the state no. Took one. Situation in terms of farmer suicides, atrocities on women and unemployment. He asked Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to tell the citizens how his government would provide employment to lakhs of unemployed youth of the state.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi He had promised to provide employment to two crore youth every year and promised doubling of farmers’ income, but his government has failed to do anything on that front. So, they (BJP leaders) are doing politics of nationalism and talking about China and Pakistan to divert the attention of the people from the main issues.
The veteran Congress leader said that BJP leaders do not need to teach his party about nationalism. “Congress is a party of true nationalists. BJP leaders should take the name of a family from their party who were freedom fighters, while the Congress has a long tradition of having such revolutionary leaders.
Nath accused CM Chouhan of making false announcements and diverting people’s attention through his “drama”. Congress has always united people and it believes in doing so as it has been the culture of the party from the very beginning,” said the former chief minister.
“There is no other country like this in the world” India Because it is united despite diversity,” he said, adding that this culture of uniting people is now under attack. Meanwhile, the state
Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Thursday took a dig at Nath’s poll promises, saying the Congress leader was unable to run the government and he should tell the people how his party leaders left him. “When he was unable to run the government which was already in power, how can he come back to power in the state? People understand everything. Nothing will come of such promises. People saw his 15 months long rule and suffered in that regime as corruption was at its peak,” he alleged.
“He has also seen what happened to his written promises of farm loan waiver and solving unemployment problems. All these promises are hollow and have no power.
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