Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Wednesday appealed to voters of Bastar to uproot the Congress from the region in the Lok Sabha elections.
Sai, addressing a nomination rally of BJP candidate Mahesh Kashyap here for Bastar constituency, charged the Congress with indulging in corruption during the five years it ruled Chhattisgarh.
The Chief Minister alleged that Congress was anti-tribal and that it was time to teach the party a lesson.
“The people of Bastar had given eight Assembly seats of the region and now I am here to seek blessings for the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency," he said.
The previous Congress government in the state corrupt and its corrupt leaders will soon be jailed, Sai said.
Citing that reinitiating the Charan Paduka scheme and hike in tendu leaves support price to 5,500 per standard bags were some of the major decisions for Bastar, the Chief Minister promised every possible effort to better the lives of people in Bastar.
“Bastar is rich in natural beauty and have abundance of mineral resources and hence there is tremendous opportunity of development in the region,” Sai said.
