Former Union Minister and BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad lashed out at Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government in Chhattisgarh for corruption. Pointing at bureaucrats arrested in connection with alleged corruption in Raipur, he said“Have you ever heard that people so close to the Chief Minister are in jail and an officer handling the Chief Minister’s Office is in jail and not able to obtain the bail! The collector is in jail. Names of people who surfaced in scams are somehow linked to CM House.”
“A fundamental of politics to be kept in mind is that if your image becomes that of a leader who is either involved in corruption or supports it then the public never likes it. My point is that the coal scam was anything less that you (referring to Bhupesh Baghel) are doing a scam in the sale of liquor, appointments,” He added.
He also attacked the state government in connection with the case of the Mahadev betting application, which is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), alleged religious conversion and attack on a temple.