Raipur: Slamming Rahul Gandhi for his "two Indias" remark, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said the Congress leader might be referring to the pre-2014 situation in the country marked by the "lack of development, corruption and economic mismanagement".
He also accused the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government in Chhattisgarh of not cooperating with the aviation ministry in its efforts to expand aviation facilities in the state.
Talking to reporters at the Swami Vivekanand Airport in Raipur after arriving here on a day-long visit, the Union minister said that a new India is being created under the PM's leadership where corruption is checked and the doors of growth and development have been opened.
When asked about Rahul Gandhi's "two Indias" statement, Scindia said, I am surprised that such a statement can be given by any citizen of India. My India is one and united. My country is a family. There has always been a brotherhood culture in my country.
Perhaps Rahul Gandhi was referring to the situation before 2014 when no progress and development but only corruption and economic mismanagement existed. But after Modi ji came to power, another country has emerged where corruption has been curbed and the doors of progress and development have been opened. Now India has been emerging on the world stage. It is now a country where the poor not only have their rights but new dimensions of development and progress are in their hands, he added.
Rahul Gandhi in his recent speech in Lok Sabha and at a function in Raipur had accused the BJP-led Centre of dividing the nation into two India one belonging to select billionaires and the other to the crores of common people.
Scindia later addressed a press conference at Kushabhau Thakre Parisar- the state BJP office- here, where he accused the Bhupesh Baghel government of not cooperating with the aviation ministry in its efforts to expand aviation facilities in the state.
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He also alleged corruption in the public distribution system in the Congress-ruled state.