Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on November 14, accused the BJP of toppling his party's government in Madhya Pradesh in 2020 by purchasing MLAs and expressed confidence that the grand old party would win around 150 seats in the Assembly elections in the State to be held on November 17. He was addressing an election rally in Vidisha, around 55 km from the State capital Bhopal.
"A storm is going to come in favour of the Congress. The party will be winning 145 to 150 seats. Five years back, you [people] elected a Congress government but the BJP leaders [Prime Minister] Narendra Modi, [Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister] Shivraj Singh Chouhan and (Union Home Minister) Amit Shah purchased the MLAs and stole your government," Mr. Gandhi said.
“The Kamal Nath-led Congress dispensation, which was in power in Madhya Pradesh for 15 months till March 2020, waived farm loans of 27 lakh farmers. But by toppling that government, the BJP deceived labourers, farmers, small traders and unemployed people,” he alleged.
