Kamal Nath’s ‘UP-Bihar’ comment has BJP, Akhilesh fuming
Taking a dig at the Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath, BJP general secretary Kailash Vijaywargiya raised his “outsider” background and asked if the statement he has made should be implemented in politics too.
Copy Edited By Adam Rizvi: New Delhi, Dec. 18, 2018: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath’s remark that outsiders were taking up jobs meant for natives in the state has evoked a sharp response from the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
After taking over as the chief minister, Nath told reporters that his government will give incentives to industries that give 70 percent of their jobs to those from his state and added that people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh get employment in Madhya Pradesh at the cost of the local population, reports PTI.
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Criticizing Nath, Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar said he appeared to be unaware of existing rules that prioritize jobs for the native population.
“He has also been a Union minister. He should be aware of these rules. What he is talking about is already in place… by making such a claim, he is misleading people,” the BJP leader and Lok Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh told reporters.
BJP general secretary Kailash Vijaywargiya agreed with his colleague and accused Nath of promoting “divisive” politics and pitting one region against another.
Taking a dig at the chief minister, Vijaywargiya raised his “outsider” background and asked if the statement he has made should be implemented in politics too.
“Kamal Nath was born in Kanpur. He received his education in (West) Bengal. His business is spread across the country. He is now chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. Such a statement does not behoove him,” the BJP leader, who is also from Madhya Pradesh, said.
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, who was missing from the ranks of opposition parties who attended the oath ceremonies of Kamal Nath and two other Congress chief ministers on Monday, sharply criticized the comments. “This is wrong. In Maharashtra, you hear questions like why have north Indians come here. Why are north Indians doing business here? The same questions come from Delhi. Now, this is coming from Madhya Pradesh. If north Indians get together and decide then who will come to the center,” Yadav.
This is not first such controversy in the backdrop of migrants from UP and Bihar. Recently, in October this year, thousands of such migrants fled from Gujarat following hate messages being circulated over social media leading to attacks on migrants.
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It all began on September 28, when a 14-month-old girl in the Sabarkantha district of Gujarat was allegedly raped by a man hailing from Bihar. The accused was arrested but the incident created a rage among a section of Gujaratis, who mobilized small mobs to attack unrelated migrant workers.
