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Public service delivery the duty of the government, Nadda reacts to Kharge objection to ‘Rath Prabharis’

BJP president J.P. Nadda termed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s letter, which objected to a government order that reportedly asked senior government officers to be deployed as “Rath Prabharis” in various districts to showcase the achievements of the Modi government, “baffling” and remarked that governance was an “alien concept” for the Opposition party.

Mr. Nadda’s reaction on X came after Mr. Kharge wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, objecting to a government order on “Rath Prabharis”.

“It baffles me to see the Congress party has an issue with public servants reaching the grassroots to ensure saturation of schemes,” posted Mr. Nadda, asking, “If this not the basic tenet of governance, what is?”

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