KOTA: A rival group in Kota has launched a poster war against mining minister Pramod Jain Bhaya after the party and the Congress government did not take any action against him despite repeated allegations of promoting the mining mafia.
A full size flex banner on Kota-Baran NH-27 near Simliya toll plaza and Karadiya village criticises Bhaya without individually naming him for corruption.
A bold red line in Hindi on the banner reads ‘Khaya re khaya - bhaya ne khaya’ and adds on ‘Bhata (stone) khaya – Bhaya ne khaya, raite khayi – Bhaya ne khayi, mitti khayi – Bhaya ne khayi.’ The banner sumps up with a dark blue horizontal border with a white bold line ‘Khaya re khaya – Bhaya ne khaya’.
Simliya block Congress president Jaya Meena admitted to the media that they had erected the flex banner against Bhaya and in support of local MLA Bharat Singh, who had been raising voice against illegal mining. “We want to expose the working style of the mining minister and we have used the word ‘Bhaya’ for state mini
ng minister Pramod Jain Bhaya’, Meena said.
However, MLA Singh did not take any responsibility for the banner on Kota-Baran national highway.
The slogans on the banner are the same raised against state mining minister by party workers at the party meeting in Gumanpura last week. “Bhaya is not a registered name to any individual, it is generalised name,” Singh said.
Congress MLA from Sangod Bharat Singh Kundanpur has repeatedly attacked Bhaya for corruption in the mining department and operating the mining mafia. Singh has also shot several letters to chief minister Ashok Gehlot with the same allegations and demanded his removal.
However, Bhaya has never come out with any statement against Bharat Singh.
