Congress on Monday expressed surprise that party general secretary Rahul Gandhi's recent tours to the tribal and dalit dominated pockets of the country has become an issue for the BJP for the Jharkhand assembly election.
BJP did not have any achievements during its rule in the state to highlight and that was why it wrecked up Rahul Gandhi's visit in tribal pockets, AICC spokesman Mohan Prakash told a press conference said in Jamshedpur.
Perhaps Singh would not have any objection had Rahul Gandhi visited the house of a rich person, Prakash quipped.
Criticizing the six-year 'misrule' of the BJP-led NDA government in Jharkhand, Prakash said the mineral-rich state was lagging while Chattisgarh and Uttarakhand, which were simultaneously created alongwith Jharkhand, were now developed because of good governance by the Congress and follow up work by BJP, he claimed.
"We will develop Jharkhand as a model state of the country in the next five year, if voted to power," he said. PTI
