Hitting out at the Centre for wasting public money on the publicity campaign to celebrate two years in office, Congress MP Sachin Pilot on Thursday urged the government to spend that money, instead, on drought-hit regions of Maharashtra.
At a press conference here, he said, “The kind of wastage of public money is unprecedented. The government seems to have enough money to spend on advertisements, but does not have money to declare loan-waiver for the drought-affected State.”
Taking on the Shiv Sena, Mr. Pilot said the party can’t criticise the government and being part of it at the same time. “The Sena too is power hungry. They do not want to leave the government, but want to portray themselves as a different party. If they are keen on highlighting the wrongdoings of the BJP, why don’t they pull out from the government?”
Replying to questions on allegations of State Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse’s phone calls with Dawood Ibrahim, the Congress leader said the Minister must resign and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis must get the case investigated.
Saying that the BJP is playing divisive politics, Mr. Pilot questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promises of bringing black money and creating two crore jobs every year. “The Centre always says that the law will take its own course, but it seems that the course is never taken when it comes to BJP ministers.”
