Kaladhungi, Uttarakhand, Jan 24: Slamming the BJP for effecting a change of guard in Uttarakhand ahead of the assembly poll, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said the party brought back B C Khanduri to the post of the Chief Minister to cover up its scams.
“I want them to explain why Khanduriji became so important again after his removal in 2009. It seems he has been brought back by the BJP to cover up its scams,” he told a string of election rallies in Pithoragarh and here.
Khanduri was not important for the BJP till three months ago and only corruption was important for it at that time, Gandhi said.
He alleged widespread corruption prevailed when the BJP was in power at the Centre but its leader L K Advani did not take out a rath yatra against graft that time.
The Congress general secretary said BJP leaders did not see the corruption in their party-ruled Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
“People should ask Advaniji whether he mentioned about corruption by his party government in Karnataka during his rath yatra,” he said.
Gandhi blamed the BJP for not allowing a strong Lok Pal bill to be passed in Parliament.
“We want to set up a strong Lokpal with a constitutional status. But, the BJP did not allow the bill to be passed in this regard in Parliament,” he said.
Gandhi accused the BJP government in Uttarakhand of misusing central funds. “We sent thousand crores of rupees for development but these were misused.”
