"Your job is only to defame Madhya Pradesh": MP BJP chief VD Sharma on Jitu Patwari's 'Udta MP' remark

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 14 : Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President VD Sharma retaliated over state Congress chief Jitu Patwari's 'Udta MP' ((referring to drug addiction) remark on Monday saying that the job of the Congress leader was only to defame the state.
Patwari on Monday said that there is no place in the country which has as much drugs as Madhya Pradesh and Udta Punjab (referring to drug addiction) lags behind Udta Madhya Pradesh.
BJP chief Sharma told reporters, "Jitu Patwari ji, who made Punjab a Udta Pradesh and what was in Madhya Pradesh before 2003? What kind of a period of mismanagement was it during the tenure of Mr Bantadaar (referring to Digvijaya Singh). But since the BJP government has been formed in MP, no one doing such work (drugs related) can escape. The recent example is that if someone tried, he was nabbed and sent to jail."
"Such people cannot escape in Madhya Pradesh or wherever there is a BJP government. Your (Patwari) work is only to defame Madhya Pradesh and do negative politics. You don't have anything else, and you don't have people either. Therefore, this type of false, deceitful politics has become your medium," he said.
The BJP leader further added that if there is any 'Udan' in the state then it is Udan of Viksit Madhya Pradesh.
"There are some good things about Madhya Pradesh too. You (Patwari) don't worry, there is a BJP government in the state, if there is any Udan then, it is the Viksit Madhya Pradesh, which will become Swarnim Madhya Pradesh in the coming times under the leadership of CM Mohan Yadav. This is the Udan of Madhya Pradesh, it will be good if you do positive politics," he added.
Notably, Patwari made the remark while speaking to reporters in the state capital Bhopal on Monday in connection with recent action of DRI (Directorate of Revenue Intelligence) that busted a factory engaged in illegal manufacture of Mephedrone (a psychotropic substance under NDPS Act, 1985) in Jhabua district on Saturday.
"The way the drug mafia is revealed in the public domain, 20 times more than that is being consumed. What kind of a state has it become? Be it the Bhopal drug seizure case, cases in different cities of the state in the last a year or the recent Jhabua case, this is a message that there is no place in the country which has as much drugs as there are in Madhya Pradesh," Patwari said.
"Udta Punjab (referring to drug addiction) lags behind Udta Madhya Pradesh. The BJP government has made this condition in the state," he added.
Earlier a DRI operation resulted in the recovery of 36 kg of Mephedrone in powder form and 76 kg of liquid Mephedrone and other raw materials and equipment , which were seized under the relevant provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985.
The factory, which was being illegally used for the manufacture of drugs, was also sealed. Besides, four individuals, including the director of the factory, were arrested for illegal manufacturing and storing of Mephedrone(a psychotropic substance under NDPS Act, 1985).