"Lotus ready to bloom in mess spread by Congress": Anurag Thakur in poll-bound Chhattisgarh
Nov 14, 2023
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], November 14 : Reacting to Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's 'washing powder' remark on Prime Minister Modi, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said "Now the lotus is ready to bloom in the mess spread by Congress."
Anurag Thakur on Tuesday morning reached poll-bound Chhattisgarh to campaign for his party.
"Chhattisgarh is ready to defeat the corrupt Congressmen. Now Chhattisgarh is ready to wash all the people who have spent crores of rupees in the Mahadev App. The lotus is ready to bloom in the mess spread by Congress," Anurag Thakur said.
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday said that the Prime Minister should not take action "selectively" and suggested that he should first take action against former CM Raman Singh.
"PM Modi should take action against Raman Singh first. He should not take action selectively. He should take action against people like Himanta Biswa Sarma and Ajit Pawar, who have come out clean after being washed in 'Modi washing powder'," CM Baghel said in Chhattisgarh's Durg on Monday.
Addressing an election rally in Mungeli in poll-bound Chhattisgarh ahead of the second phase of voting scheduled for November 17, PM Modi said that the bugle of the end of Congress' bad governance is being sounded.
"The countdown to the Congress' 'bidai' has begun now. The time has come for the farewell of those Congress leaders who have looted you for five years. The public of the state is more eager for the 'bidai' of Congress from the state. The public doesn't want Congress anymore," the Prime Minister said.
The Prime Minister also accused the Congress of direct involvement in the Mahadev betting app scandal.
"I have some questions for the Congress leaders who are fond of teaching mathematics...I want to ask some questions about the party. The 'Mahadev betting app scam' is worth Rs 508 crore and the investigating agencies have recovered loads of cash in this case. A close aide of the Chhattisgarh CM is also in jail. Congress should reveal how much money the CM received in this. How much money the other leaders of the party have received and how much money has reached Delhi" the Prime Minister said.
Chhattisgarh is voting in two phases, with the first phase of 20 seats having concluded on November 7. The remaining 70 seats will go for polling on November 17. The counting of votes will be done on December 3.
