Jammu, Jun 19: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary and Jammu and Kashmir in-charge Tarun Chugh on Thursday hit out at the previous governments, including the National Conference (NC) and the Congress for their alleged role in corruption and nepotism.
He said, “People (in NC) should ask their senior party leaders who used to get people appointed to government jobs by signing on the back of a Panama cigarette packet and who used to boast about it in their speeches.”
Chugh said the current government at the Centre has been consistently working with zero tolerance towards corruption. “The nation must move forward free of corruption and we all must join hands to eliminate this evil,” he said.
He said that today, there is a zero-tolerance government against corruption and it is led by PM Modi. “We have ensured that crores of rupees reach the people at the grassroots level without any cuts, directly from the Centre.”
Hitting out at the NC, the BJP leader said, “It was Rajiv Gandhi who once said out of every Rs 100 sent from Delhi, only 14 paise reached the grassroots. Omar Abdullah ji, your alliance is with the Congress and it was the then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi who admitted that only 14 paise reached the people in J&K.”
He praised the Modi government for ensuring transparency and accountability in financial matters and said, “But today, under Prime Minister Modi, if Rs 100 is sent from Delhi, the full Rs 100 reaches the poor. Earlier, only 14 paise reached them.
“Who was doing this theft? We have stopped this theft. We are committed to eradicating it entirely.”
On the election of four MPs to Rajya Sabha from J-K, he said the Election Commission will soon announce the polls and the BJP is fully prepared for it.
Chugh said in just 11 years, Modi has empowered 25 crore poor people. “He has demonstrated what real governance looks like and India will continue to progress. Modi ji’s mantra is service, good governance and welfare of the poor and that is our mission,” he said.
