MUMBAI: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said that just like public sector enterprises, the BJP-led central government has privatised central investigating agencies and jails, too.
In his weekly column ‘Rok Thok’ in the Sena mouthpiece Saamna, Raut has said that Modi government privatised many public enterprises in the country. Many government companies were sold to industrialists of their choice. “The two sit down to sell and the two buy,” Raut said.
“Every day, the BJP promises to send some more ministers from Maharashtra to jail after Diwali. The way the ED, CBI and NCB are working, one wonders whether the country’s investigative machinery and prisons have been privatised,” said Raut. “Everything from Railways to Air India has become private. BJP leaders in Maharashtra wake up every morning saying they will put this one in jail and that one in jail. Have the country’s prisons been privatised then? But we know that if it is Modi, then this is also possible!. We will have to bear this till 2024. The whole country is slowly becoming a prison,” Raut said.
Raut also slammed the Centre over fuel price cuts. “The Centre has reduced the price of petrol by Rs 5 and diesel by Rs 10. This made the people of BJP happy and they are now saying how big-hearted the PM is. Reducing Rs 5 to Rs 10 after crossing the Rs 100 mark is not a relief. Prices were reduced after BJP lost by-elections in 13 states,” Raut said.
