- If you want jobs, vote for AAP and for spurious liquor BJP, says Arvind Kejriwal
- According to officials, at least 42 people from Botad and neighbouring Ahmedabad district died after consuming the toxic brew on July 25.
NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, AHMEDABAD, AUG 1
Stepping up the poll heat on the ruling BJP, The Congress and AAP on Monday targeted the BJP over multiple issues related to Gujarat such as the hooch tragedy, rape charge against a state minister and the spread of lumpy disease, claiming it was not being allowed to raise such important matters in Parliament.
My notice under rule 267 in Parliament (Rajya Sabha). 👇 pic.twitter.com/avXj83sJ8F
— Shaktisinh Gohil MP (@shaktisinhgohil) August 1, 2022
Addressing a press conference outside Parliament House, Congress spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil claimed that 75 people lost their lives in the Gujarat hooch tragedy with many others losing their eyesight or kidneys after drinking spurious liquor despite the imposition of prohibition and strict laws on chemicals in the state.
According to officials, at least 42 people from Botad and neighbouring Ahmedabad district died after consuming the toxic brew on July 25.
एक और वीडियो है, जिसमें भयमुक्त भ्रष्टाचार यानी वैक्सीन की जगह गौमाता को पानी का टीका लगाया जा रहा है: श्री @shaktisinhgohil pic.twitter.com/zuvQifUiXd
— Congress (@INCIndia) August 1, 2022
“The sarpanch had written to (the Gujarat) home minister and also had gone to police station flagging illegal alcohol sale. But since they (BJP leaders) were taking money, nothing happened. The sarpanch complained again, but no action was taken,” Gohil, who is a Rajya Sabha member, alleged.
ભાજપની ભાગીદારીથી ગુજરાતમાં ધમધમતા નશાના વ્યાપારના વિરોધમાં કોંગ્રેસ પક્ષ મેદાનમાં
તારીખ: 2 ઓગસ્ટ,2022 મંગળવાર
સમય: બપોરે 1 વાગ્યે
સ્થળ: બત્રીસી હોલ પાસે, ગાંધી આશ્રમ, અમદાવાદ pic.twitter.com/WxjFeW1nS2— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) August 1, 2022
Gohil demanded that compensation be given immediately to those affected by the tragedy.
Alleging collusion of BJP leaders and those indulging in illegal alcohol trade, Gohil said 600 litres of “methyl alcohol” (methanol) was brought from Ahmedabad to Botad district and it would not have been possible without political patronage.
आज @INCGujarat मुख्यालय में @IYC के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष श्री @srinivasiyc जी, एनएसयूआई के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष श्री @Neerajkundan जी व गुजरात प्रदेश कांग्रेस कमेटी के अध्यक्ष श्री @jagdishthakormp जी के साथ गुजरात यूथ कांग्रेस और गुजरात एनएसयूआई के पदाधिकारियों की बैठक ली। pic.twitter.com/zQMzGf9LI0
— Dr. Raghu Sharma (@RaghusharmaINC) August 1, 2022
He also cited drugs being found from Mundra port thrice within a year and asked why “no action” had been taken by the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation. Gohil alleged that it is like “playing with the future” of Gujarat.
He claimed a debate is not being allowed inside the House on the important issue.
Another Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat Amee Yajnik raised the issue of Gujarat Rural Development Minister and BJP MLA Arjunsinh Chauhan accused of raping and illegally confining a woman.
She said the voice of the opposition MPs was not being heard in Parliament.
Gujarat MP Naranbhai Rathwa slammed the BJP government in the state over the spread of lumpy skin disease, which he claimed had killed about 8,000-9,000 head of cattle.
Rathwa said he was not allowed to raise the matter in Rajya Sabha and alleged that the state government had not taken any action over the spread of the disease.
If you want jobs, opt AAP and for spurious liquor BJP: Kejriwal
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Monday hit out at the ruling BJP in Gujarat where it hurts the most, as he exhorted a large gathering in the Saurashtra region to vote for the AAP if they wanted employment and education for their youth or go for the BJP to feed them spurious liquor.
Referring to last week’s hooch tragedy in the Saurashtra region that claimed 42 lives while at least 100 others were hospitalised, he took potshots at Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and State BJP president CR Paatil “for not even bothering to visit the victims of the tragedy and their families.”
