The Congress aligned with the Maoist in the recent Chhattisgarh elections. Rahul Gandhi stood shoulder to shoulder… https://t.co/WsSKTq9gLF — Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) 1549786621000 ????? ?????? ????? ??! ???? ?? ??? ?? ???? ?? ????? 2013 ??? ???????? ????? ?? ???? ????????? ?? ????? ?? ??? ????… https://t.co/74xOYvfHym — Bhupesh Baghel (@bhupeshbaghel) 1549866733000 ..?? ?? ???? ????????? ?? ??? ??????? ?? ?????? ?? ??????, ?????? ?? ????????? ???? ??? ??? ???? ???????? ?? ?????… https://t.co/z4k0Z15sI1 — Bhupesh Baghel (@bhupeshbaghel) 1549866734000 RAIPUR: Chief minister Bhupesh Baghel lashed out at Union minister Arun Jaitley on Monday after the latter alleged that the Congress "aligned with Maoists in the recent Chhattisgarh elections."Stung by Jaitley's tweet, Baghel shot back on Twitter saying, if Jaitley remembers the "contract killing of Jhiram in 2013 that happened in co-operation with Maoists just before the assembly elections?"Describing Jaitley as a 'blog mantri', Baghel ended his post with a satirical remark for Union minister, who just returned from the United States after getting medical treatment for his ailments.“Get well soon Jaitley Ji," Baghel said.Jaitley had on Sunday tweeted, "The Congress aligned with the Maoists in the recent Chhattisgarh elections. Rahul Gandhi stood shoulder to shoulder with the 'Tukde Tukde' gang at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. The congress was in the forefront of defending the urban naxals in court."Referring to Congress leader Mahendra Karma, then PCCF chief Nandkumar Patel and Vidyacharan Shukla, who lost their lives in the May 2013 Maoist attack, the chief minister continued, "31 Congress leaders including Mahendra bhaiya, Nandu bhaiya and Vidya bhaiya were martyred. And you are levelling baseless and slanderous charges of having our alliance with Maoists? Congress is aligned with farmers, tribals, and women and youth, do you understand?""Saheb, don't insult Chhattisgarh's great citizens and democracy. Rest, get well soon @ arunjaitley ji.", he tweeted.State Congress general secretary Shailesh Nitin Trivedi said the Union minister has made an irresponsible statement which shows BJP's superficial politics."The tweet is an unsuccessful attempt to mislead citizens in order to cover Central government's failure to deal with Maoist menace. Chhattisgarh, being the worst Maoist-affected state, has lost lives of thousands of security personnel, got only Rs 11.87 crore from the Centre for updating of technology and dealing with the issue."Trivedi said, "Congress had become biggest victim to Maoists in Jhiram and we had been voicing for justice continuously. While BJP failed to help us heal those wounds, Jaitley is scratching and adding salt to them."

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