JAIPUR: Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday hit out at his paternal aunt Vasundhara Raj’s government in Rajasthan saying it had ignored the plight of the state’s farmers and its youngsters and that it was a “paan, pakode aur doodh (betel, fritters and milk)” government.
“They [BJP government] had said they will bring many officers, but all they could bring was a paan, pakode and doodh government. This is the state of the youth in Rajasthan where 35 lakh people are unemployed,” he said while speaking in Jaipur.
Without naming his aunt, he lashed out at the government saying, “the price of garlic is R200 instead of R2,850. Bajra is supposed to be R1,950 according to the MSP. But today, the grain is not bought from the farmer and he has to struggle in the open market to sell it for R1,000.”
“The prices of petrol and diesel are touching the sky and farmers’ loans are not being waived off. Now, on December 11, the Congress is going to form the government in Rajasthan and within 10 days, farmers’ loans will be waived off.”
Scindia is being seen as one of the contenders for the post of the Chief Minister in MP, if the party wins.
The Congress leader also hit out at the government over unemployment. “This BJP government in Rajasthan has said that they will make sure 3 lakh people get employment opportunities every year. That means 15 lakh people should have got jobs in the last 5 years. But not even 1 lakh people have got those opportunities. In the same way, Modi [Prime Minister Narendra Modi] also said that he will give two crore youngsters jobs but all he could manage was 15 lakh jobs.”
He also criticised the Raje government for not doing anything in the area of health education and crimes against women. When he was asked whether he would go and campaign against Raje in her constituency, he said that he is a Congress worker and will go anywhere that the party asks him to.
“The family issues should remain with the family. Do not politicise it. I am giving a clear answer to a clear question but I will not give the byte that you want me to,” he added.