Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday questioned Bhupesh Baghel over selecting the name of Mahadev for betting and compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s approach of designating the country’s successful lunar mission’s landing site after Lord Shiv.
The Union Home Minister addressing an election rally in the poll-bound state said that the Baghel-led government has transformed the Durg division from an education centre to a centre of betting.
“Bhupesh Kakka’s government has ruined the Durg division. During the Raman Singh government, this division remained the centre of education, youth from all over the state used to come here to get education. But this government has turned this centre of education into a centre of betting,” Shah said during his address in Janjgir-Champa.
Hitting out at the state Chief Minister Baghel, who is facing heat after the Enforcement Directorate claimed that he was allegedly paid Rs 508 crore by the promoters of a betting app, Mahadev, Shah said that the Congress leader insulted the Lord Shiva.
“If you wanted to do betting, you would have kept your name, why did you choose (Lord) Mahadev’s name? On one hand, PM Modi named the Chandrayaan-3 landing site as Shiv Shakti, Baghel named a betting app after Lord Mahadev,” Shah said, adding that the countdown for Baghel’s government has started.
