Rajasthan's Water Resources Minister, Suresh Singh Rawat, on Thursday targeted the Congress party over the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP), accusing them of playing politics with lies regarding the project.
He stated that Congress is "irritated" by the name of Ram. In the river linking project between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, "Ra" is derived from the word Rajasthan, and "Ma" from Madhya Pradesh.
Yesterday, Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma renamed the revised Parvati-Kalisindh-Chambal project, which was previously known as ERCP, to the Ram Jal Setu project.
Rawat emphasised that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma is making significant efforts to provide drinking water to 40 per cent of Rajasthan's population.
Rawat accused Congress's state president, Govind Singh Dotasra, of spreading falsehoods and suggested that Dotasra should introspect. He stated that due to Dotasra’s mindset in the previous tenure, Congress is in a poor state today, with the public delivering a severe blow to the party in the recent by-elections.
Dotasra had said, "No 'new work' worth even a paisa has been done for ERCP. The BJP simply put a 'new cover' to get votes. First, ERCP was renamed as the new PKC project, and now a new idea has come to make it 'Ram Jal Setu'."
The Water Resources Minister responded, saying that 17 districts will receive pure drinking water from the Ram Jal Setu Link Project. A total of 4.102 million cubic meters of water will be available in this project, including 522 MCM of recycled water.
This, Rawat argued, shows the clear intentions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister CR Patil, and Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma to address the drinking water and irrigation issues in eastern Rajasthan.
Rawat further remarked that the Chief Minister is working tirelessly for the development of Rajasthan, which Congress finds difficult to accept.
"The people who ran the government from hotels can never understand the sentiments of the people," Rawat said.
He added that Congress should move away from politics of lies and focus on the welfare of the people.
The minister also alleged that no budget was allocated to ERCP by the previous Congress government, nor were any new works initiated. He asserted that this project has taken concrete shape due to the efforts of the Prime Minister.
Rawat explained that the ERCP project was integrated with the PKC river linking project of the Government of India, and a revised PKC project was created, which was subsequently given the status of a river linking project.
He pointed out that the Government of India considers the river linking project to be of national importance.
He concluded by stating that the Prime Minister has fulfilled his promise, and a Memorandum of Understanding program has been organised between the Governments of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and the Government of India.
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