PM Modi focused on development, others on making comments: Jyotiraditya Scindia

In remarks apparently aimed at Congress leer Rahul Gandhi, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Jyotiritya Scindia on Thursday said thinking of some people is just confined to making comments, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a development-oriented outlook for country.

Gandhi on Wednesday hit out at PM over state of ecomy, rise in COVID-19 cases and "external aggression" at borders, alleging that India is reeling under "Modi-me disasters".

On one hand re is a development-oriented, safety-oriented thinking while on or re is a thinking of only making comments.

"But I believe people of country are aware and y are associated with a positive thinking and will remain so in future also, Scindia said without naming Gandhi. former Union minister was responding to a question on demonetisation, which Gandhi has termed as a "total failure".

Scindia, who quit Congress in March this year and joined BJP, arrived in Gwalior in evening to take part in 'Urs' (mela) of Manur Baba.

During this atmosphere of pandemic, under Prime Minister's leership, an environment of safety of people has been created by making available beds, plasma, remdesivir medicine in hospitals for saving lives of patients," BJP leer said.

Rajya Sabha MP alleged that during Congress government in Mhya Presh, Gwalior-Chambal region was neglected in terms of development. During 15-month Congress rule, n chief minister Kamal Nath and or top leers of party did t visit underdeveloped region, he said.

number of development schemes anunced for region in last five months of BJP rule was far more than what area got under 15 months of Congress government, Scindia said.

He referred to Chambal expressway, which will be named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and an elevated ro over Swarna Rekha river, among or projects, to buttress his point that development is taking place in region under BJP regime. Scindia described Vajpayee as a towering political personality.

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