Congress corners MP govt over mounting debt, calls for white paper on bills

Chief of the Opposition Umang Singhar demanded that chief minister Mohan Yadav’s authorities current a white paper within the Meeting, detailing the mortgage quantities borrowed and their utilization.

“The BJP authorities is taking loans each three months, but there’s no seen enchancment within the state’s infrastructure. The federal government should make clear the place this borrowed cash is being spent,” Singhar mentioned.

He additional alleged that a good portion of the loans is being spent on the BJP authorities’s publicity campaigns. “We’ll elevate this difficulty within the Home and urge the Speaker to direct the federal government to furnish an in depth report on the mortgage expenditures of the previous 12 months,” Singhar advised IANS.

Based on reviews, the state has inherited a cumulative debt of over Rs 4 lakh crore, with Rs 7,500 crore borrowed in simply the final two months. The BJP has been in energy in Madhya Pradesh since 2003, barring an 18-month interval when Congress held the reins.

Notably, the winter session of the Meeting started on Monday with large protests by the Opposition over fertilizer shortages, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the Home inside two hours.