'Didn't even spare cow dung': PM levels graft charge at Baghel govt

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stepped up the attack on the Congress government in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, saying that it was mired in corruption and was biased against the Dalits, tribals and backward classes.

Addressing the concluding function of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 'Parivartan Yatra' in Bilaspur, Modi said that there were financial irregularities in every scheme implemented by the chief minister Bhupesh Baghel-led government. "Chhattisgarh is steeped in corruption and misrule. There is a scam in every scheme in the state... [it] did not even spare cow dung and committed corruption in the name of gau mata (cow)," the PM said as he targeted the state government over alleged scams in the schemes related to cow dung procurement, ration distribution, liquor trade, public service commission (PSC) recruitment and District Mineral Foundation (DMF) fund utilisation. Chhattisgarh is one of the five states set to go to polls this year.