People disenchanted as Cong ran Madhya Pradesh govt like business: Scindia

After meeting Uma Bharti, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Jyotiraditya Scindia spoke to reporters and stated that people of Madhya Pradesh are disenchanted with Congress as it ran its 15 months long government like a business. He also asserted that rampant corruption prevailed in the MP secretariat when Congress was in power.

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Congressman-turned-BJP Rajya Sabha MP Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday said that people of Madhya Pradesh are disenchanted with his former party as it ran its 15 months long government like a business.

Speaking to media after meeting senior party colleague and former Chief Minister Uma Bharti, Scindia said that rampant corruption prevailed in the MP secretariat when the Congress was in power.

Speaking on the Congress attacking him on various issues since his exit from the party, Scindia said. "I have stayed silent for 90 days because the world is combating the coronavirus outbreak. Now I have entered the field to answer them."

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He said that Congress veterans like Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh are indulging in politics during the COVID-19 outbreak as they did during the 15 months when the former was state CM.

He, however, refused to speak on the crisis in the Congress government in Rajasthan after Sachin Pilot revolted against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

Scindia said that he had come to seek blessings of Bharti.

Talking to reporters, Bharti said, "I have had the affection of Amma ji (Vijayaraje Scindia, grandmother of Jyotiraditya) since I was eight years old. I have known Jyotiraditya since he was a child."

The Congress government in MP fell in March after 22 MLAs loyal to Scindia resigned from the Assembly and joined the BJP.

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