Summary:
Ranchi, Mar 23 (PTI) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday alleged that main opposition BJP was trying to destabilise his government and using social media and news channels to spread lies.
Soren, in his 1.5-hour-long speech in the assembly amid ruckus by BJP members, alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi told lies to an international media outlet claiming that states benefited from Ayushman Bharat without any expenditure whereas in reality, states have to bear 40 per cent expenses of the scheme.
He accused the BJP of not developing Jharkhand during its 14 years of rule in the state, and accused the Centre of step-motherly treatment towards the state.
Soren claimed that BJP"s pride after winning the Uttar Pradesh elections, will soon be punctured.
He claimed that the saffron party had won 100 seats in the northern state by slim margins.
Accusing the BJP of trying to destabilise his government and creating "false propaganda" such as mining loot, he said that on the contrary, revenue from mining has crossed Rs 6,059 crore even before close of the fiscal, whereas it earlier hovered between Rs 4,000 crore and Rs 6,000 crore.