Madhya Pradesh polls: Kamal Nath counters Jyotiraditya Scindia's jibe on Cong arrogance, says ‘people made it clear…'
ANI, the former MP CM replied saying, “Whose arrogance is this, the public gave them (BJP) the answer when the mayor's election was held 15 months ago. The Congress registered a victory after 35 years, whose arrogance was it." Madhya Pradesh is set to undergo polls on 17 November wherein voters will choose legislators from 230 Assembly constituencies. The counting of votes will be held on 3 December.
Coming back to the arrogance remark, while speaking to reporters in Gwalior, Scindia took a jibe at the Congress party over claiming to form government in the state after the upcoming assembly polls scheduled to be held this month. "...The public knows everything...This is the arrogance of the Congress...This arrogance will be destroyed on Nov 17, he said. Earlier on 5 November while campaigning for BJP in Gwalior, Scindia took a swipe at the Congress party, describing it as a government without direction.
He said, "Today, on one side you have a double-engine government and on the other hand, you have an engine-less government. Through this election, we will decide the future of Gwalior. Lotus flower (BJP) has transformed Madhya Pradesh from a sick state to a unique state." The Union Minister further said that the tenure in which the BJP ruled Madhya Pradesh did what Congress could not do in 55 years.
"BJP got the opportunity to rule Madhya Pradesh for three years. If you remove the COVID period, then BJP only got 15 months in MP. In those 15 months, the BJP Government did what Congress couldn't do in 55 years," Jyotiradiyta Scindia had said.
In Madhya Pradesh, there are 5.6 crore voters in 230 constituencies of the state. Of these, 2.88 crore are male voters while 2.72 crore are female voters. A total of 22.36 lakh youths
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