With the BJP petitioning President Pratibha Patil demanding the recall of Gujarat Governor and seeking her intervention in the issue of appointment of the Lokayukta in the state, ruling Congress on Friday fielded Leader of Opposition in the Gujarat Assembly Shaktisinh Gohil and state Congress chief Arjun Modhwadia to punch holes in BJP’s argument accusing Gujarat Chief Minister as “another Yeddyurappa” seeking to hide the alleged corruption in the state by appointing a pliable Lokayukta.
“The BJP wants to have freedom to loot the government exchequer at will. That is why they are afraid of appointment of an independent Lokayukta (in Gujarat),” Mohan Prakash, Congress leader in-charge of Gujarat, said addressing a press conference along with two senior leaders from Gujarat.
Gohil and Modhwadia, in fact, accused Modi of running a “corrupt government” in the state and being afraid of an independent Lokayukta appointed by the Governor.
“Modi is another Yeddyurappa, or you can call him Modiappa. It is a desperate Modi and a desperate BJP. The fact of the matter is that if there is an independent Lokayukta, then Modi will have to go and he is the biggest fund manager of the BJP, that is why BJP is exercised over it,” Gohil said.
“Modi does not want his governance to be scrutinised by an independent agency,” added Modhwadia.
Vaghela to head campaign panel
The Congress has on Friday swung into action to put its house in order in Gujarat , which is slated to go for polls late next year. In the first step, the Congress sought to mollify former Gujarat CM and senior party leader Shankarsinh Vaghela by appointing him as the chairman of party’s Campaign Committee of Assembly elections in 2012.
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