Corruption in the name of schemes under BJP governments: Avinash Pandey

Congress national general secretary and Uttar Pradesh in-charge Avinash Pandey, alleged that corruption is rampant in the name of schemes under the BJP governments, and that crony capitalism is being promoted while the interests of the common people are being ignored.

Pandey was speaking in the “Samvidhan Samvad Mahapanchayat” in Natkur village, under the Sarojini Nagar assembly constituency of Lucknow, on Sunday.

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Raising the issue of misuse of voting rights, he said that attempts are being made to weaken democracy by stealing votes in the name of the electoral roll, which the Congress will not allow to succeed. He also expressed concern over the increasing crimes against women.

Presiding over the program, Congress state president Ajay Rai said that by trying to dismantle the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the BJP had exposed its anti-laborer mindset and weakened the rural economy. He alleged that local lands are being given to capitalists at cheap rates, such as the airport to the Adani Group and the Scooter India land to the Hinduja Group, but local people are not getting jobs.

Rai said that during the Congress rule, industries were established, employment was generated, and policies were made in the interest of farmers. He appealed to the workers to support grassroots leaders and not to trust empty promises. The organizer, District Congress President Rudra Daman Singh ‘Bablu’, thanked the large number of workers and citizens present.

Several senior leaders, including MLA Virendra Chaudhary, and a large number of Congress workers and local citizens were present at the Mahapanchayat.