Maharashtra Congress slams ‘Jan Ashirwad’ tours of Union Ministers amid price rise and farmers’ woes

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole accused the BJP of snooping on politicians and other prominent people using the Israeli spyware Pegasus.

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole has hit out at the BJP, saying while farmers were distressed and the prices of fuel and essential commodies were rising, Union Ministers were busy with the ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatras’. A number of newly-inducted Union Ministers have been touring parts of various States as part of the ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ to reach out to people and thank them for the BJP’s victory in elections in the recent past. Talking to reporters in Jalna on Tuesday, Mr. Patole claimed, “People have understood that the BJP cheated them. Now people are not giving ashirwad (blessings), but they have decided to send BJP leaders back to their homes.” He also accused the BJP of snooping on politicians and other prominent people using the Israeli spyware Pegasus, a charge which has been denied by the saffron party.