Ahmedabad Times

NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday upped the ante towards the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering over the alleged ethanol rip-off in Madhya Pradesh, claiming that the state has develop into the epicentre of corruption and plunder beneath the saffron social gathering’s authorities.In a social media put up on X, Kharge stated the general public’s rightful grain was being looted with the collusion of the BJP and the federal government equipment.“Madhya Pradesh has at present develop into the epicentre of corruption and plunder beneath the BJP authorities and a synonym for corruption. One rip-off does not even finish earlier than one other one surfaces,” Kharge stated.“Now, a Rs 1,200 crore rice rip-off within the identify of ethanol has come to gentle. The very rice that was meant for use for the diet of malnourished kids, pregnant girls, and adolescent women has been diverted in a recreation of revenue. 5 lakh MT of rice has develop into a part of this corrupt recreation beneath the safety of rice millers, the ethanol mafia, and the BJP authorities. With the collusion of the BJP and the federal government equipment, the general public’s rightful grain is being looted,” he added.This comes after an SIT was shaped to probe a suspected racket within the state after subsidised rice meant for empanelled ethanol vegetation was allegedly diverted to personal mills and offered again to authorities businesses via the procurement and customized milling system.The set off for the legal investigation was a Meals Company of India (FCI) criticism a few consignment meant for an ethanol unit in Chhindwara by no means reaching its vacation spot.4 individuals have been arrested within the case to date amid a number of complaints of the alleged diversion of rice sanctioned beneath an ongoing subsidy scheme to ramp up ethanol manufacturing for mixing with petrol.Kharge additionally highlighted land-related allegations towards Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav and stated, “Earlier than this, an enormous land rip-off got here to gentle. In Ujjain, land expansions occurred in exactly these areas the place authorities infrastructure tasks and the Freeway Hall have been proposed. This has raised query marks even over the Chief Minister himself. All over the place, in each division, it is a recreation of plunder and filling their very own pockets—that is the story of the BJP’s loot of energy.““This plunder, which started with Vyapam, hasn’t stopped even at present regardless of numerous paper leaks and innumerable circumstances of corruption. The BJP has turned Madhya Pradesh right into a mannequin of corruption, and, as at all times, Modi ji simply sits there in stoic silence. The Modi-Shah duo has trampled the very idea of accountability in public life beneath the vanity of energy,” he added.