From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday slammed the BJP for its naked display of money and muscle power to undemocratically and unethically capture power in Maharashtra. It’s shameful for Indian democracy, said its chief spokesman Jairam Ramesh in a statement.
He said since 2014, the prime focus of the BJP has been to bring down elected government in states rather than serve the public.
GST ON HORSE-TRADING?: “The offices of the Governors and Speakers, and agencies like ED and CBI are openly misused. Buying MLAs has become so commonplace that the Finance Minister blurted out the truth today, when she suggested imposition of GST on horse-trading,” he said.
He said the BJP can go to any extent to win elections – From misuse of money power to polarization and violence. Despite using all these tactics, if the voters reject them, then they start hatching conspiracies to topple elected governments. He gave examples of states after states.
Ramesh said there are two other incidents where BJP tried to form the government in an unethical manner through money power. “First, in November 2019 in Maharashtra, where Devendra Fadnavis took oath along with 10 defected NCP MLAs at midnight, but then had to step down unceremoniously. Second, in Rajasthan, BJP tried to mislead 19 Congress MLAs, but their machinations failed and the Congress government continues to serve the people of Rajasthan,” he added.
