Raipur, Jan. 6 -- Chhattisgarh's political temperature rose sharply today after the Congress announced a phased agitation against the proposed VB G Ram G framework, triggering a strong rebuttal from Deputy Chief Minister Arun Sao.
Accusing the Opposition of indulging in politics over nomenclature, Sao claimed the Congress had lost its ideological moorings and was now confined to the interests of a single family.
The controversy was sparked earlier in the day when Chhattisgarh Congress president Deepak Baij accused the BJP led state government of failing to generate employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Baij questioned the moral authority of the Chief Minister to advocate changes to a law th...