Will PM Modi deliver on his 'promise' to put Ashok Chavan in jail, says Congress

The Congress on Saturday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking whether he would deliver on his promise to put the BJPs Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Chavan in jailCongress general secretary Jairam Ramesh posed a few questions for Prime Minister Modi ahead of his rally in Nanded and ParbhaniTodays questions for PM Modi as he heads to Nanded and Parbhani Will the PM deliver on his promise to put BJPs Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Chavan in jail What is the BJPs plan to deal with Marathwadas worsening drought and water scarcity Why has the Indian Railways performed so poorly in Nanded division Ramesh said in a post on XElaborating on what he dubbed as jumla details the Congress leader said the prime minister should revisit his words from his campaign in Nanded on March 30 2014 when he launched a ferocious attack on Chavan now the latest labaarthi of the BJP Washing Machine YojanaThe PM declared Chavan an Adarsh candidate and said that the Congress is shameless for having given him a ticket while he was under investigation Ramesh saidHe said PM Modi had announced that he would send Chavan to jail within six months if he became the prime ministerA decade later Chavan is not in jail continues to be under investigation and is a Rajya Sabha MP from the BJP Does PM Modi hold the BJP to be shameless as well Will he conspire to get Mr Chavan a clean chit soon Will he deliver on his promise to put the BJPs Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Chavan in jail Ramesh askedAfter suffering from drought conditions over the last four months the Marathwada region has now been hit by unseasonal rains and hailstorms which have caused severe crop losses he saidThe ruling BJP government has not declared this event a national disaster or announced any relief measures This is no surprise from a government that has also failed to care for the lifeline of Marathwada the Godavari river Ramesh addedAlthough Rs 88 crore were allocated for the cleaning of the river in 2022 there has been no tangible improvement he saidWhy has PM Modi ignored the plight of Marathwadas farmers Does his government have any plans to protect the river that is so crucial to the environmental and economic health of this drought prone area Ramesh further askedHe also claimed that the railway infrastructure in the Nanded division which serves many areas in Marathwada has collapsed under the Modi governments supervisionAccording to data furnished by the South Central Railway SCR in 2021 Nanded has only 35 kilometres of route electrification and 83 kilometres of trackdoubling he saidThis puts it at the bottom in terms of electrification and only marginally ahead of the bottom in track doubling compared to other SCR divisionsAdditionally it is the only division in its zone that still has 130km of colonialera metergauge tracks Ramesh saidWhy has crucial railway infrastructure been neglected in Nanded he askedDoes the PM have any real vision for bringing development to the Marathwada region Ramesh said and asked the prime minister to break his silence on these issues