RAIPUR: BJP vice-president and former chief minister Raman Singh on Wednesday alleged that at least 20 people of Pando tribe had died due to malnutrition in tribal-dominated Balrampur district in the last four months. A fact-finding team of BJP will soon visit Balrampur to meet the families.
Addressing a press conference, Singh alleged that the deaths took place in Ramchandrapur area.
BJP leader Ramvichar Netam said that Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress was silent even after the deaths and has crossed all limits of its incompetence and insensitivity. The government claims that the rate of malnutrition has come down in the state, but the reality is in front of everyone. Actually, the government is not worried about tribals, added Netam.
BJP will celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on September 17 by sending 11 lakh postcards with a message of greeting and hailing his efforts towards development of Chhattisgarh. Besides BJP Yuva Morcha has taken the responsibility of installing NaMo app in five lakh smartphones.
Referring to the programs of Seva and Samarpan Abhiyan, former chief minister Raman Singh said that from September 17 to October 7, bags would be distributed to the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana. For this, 3 lakh bags have been ordered embossed with a photo of the Prime Minister on the bag.
Hitting back , Congress Spokesperson Shailesh Nitin Trivedi said,”Raman Singh has no moral right to point finger at Baghel-led Congress government over malnutrition issue because the government is already working on addressing the issue, which was left untouched by the erstwhile Raman Singh-led BJP government.
Unlike BJP’s duplicity of neither working, nor letting anyone work, the state government has already attained success in reducing malnutrition in Tribal districts.”
