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Digvijaya hits out at Centre over Rafale deal, rising fuel prices

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Mathura | Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh alleged on Wednesday that proper procedures were not followed in the Rafale fighter jet deal.

In a defence deal, rates have not been kept secret by any government so far, Singh claimed, while talking to reporters in Vrindaban, flanked by Uttar Pradesh Congress leader Pradeep Mathur.

Singh alleged that proper procedures were ignored in the deal, which raises suspicion of some “underhand deal”.

Alleging anomalies in the deal, he accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman of not coming out with any clarifications.

On the rising fuel prices, Singh accused the government of having windfall gains between 2014-2018 by raising the central excise tax on petroleum products.

Commenting on the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, the former chief minister exuded confidence that his party would come to power, but did not make any comment on stitching alliances

To another question, the Congress leader said he was in favour of conducting future elections with ballot papers instead of EVMs (electronic voting machines).

Singh was in Vrindaban to wish Dwaraka Peeth Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati on his 95th birthday. He earlier paid obeisance to the principal deity in Bankey Bihari temple.

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BJP has forgotten two `gods’, voter and farmer: Jyotiraditya Scindia

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Burhanpur | Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said Wednesday that the ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh has forgotten two “gods”, the voter and the farmer.

He also criticised Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for using a hi-tech bus-turned chariot for his ‘Janashirwad Yatra’ ahead of coming elections.

“There are only two gods…Annadata (farmer) and Matdata (voter), but Shivraj and the BJP-led Modi (prime minister Narendra Modi) government at the centre have forgotten both of them,” Scindia said.

The Congress leader was addressing ‘Parivartan rally’ at Moondi in Burhanpur district.

“Chouhan emerges out of his hi-tech bus in a lift and behaves like a god,” Scindia said.

Referring to last year’s police firing during a farmers’ protest at Mandsaur, in which six persons were killed, Scindia said when their kin sat on fast to demand justice, the government brought them to Bhopal, 450 km away.

These protesters were then offered “coconut water in silver glasses” to break the fast, he said.

“There is a tradition among Hindus, if someone dies, the family members will not leave the house for 13 days as they are in mourning, but the BJP has no respect for such traditions (as it brought the deceased’s kin to Bhopal).

“While BJP leaders observed fast in air-conditioned tents, I observed fast in a normal tent for getting justice for farmers,” he said.

The Congress government will waive farmers’ loans in ten days of coming to power, curb corruption and make the environment safe for women, Scindia said.

He also hit out at the Modi government for demonetisation, saying the exercise claimed over a hundred lives across the country.

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