Cong, JMM serving interests of leaders families only, claims

Union minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday took a swipe at the opposition Congress and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) claiming that these parties are serving the interests of their leaders families, and not the country and the people.

"The Congress is serving the Gandhi family while JMM chief Shibu Soren thinks only about his own family. They are not interested about the development of the country or the state," Goyal alleged.

On the other hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has only a single agenda the development of the country and Jharkhand," he said while addressing an election rally here..

Modi has set up a Rs 6000 crore fertilizer factory in Sindri township of Dhanbad district, the railway and coal minister said.

Coal production has increased by 150 million tonne during the five years of Modi government, far ahead of what the Congress had managed in 10 years between 2004 to 2014, Goyal claimed.

He was addressing the election rally at Bhuli in support of BJP candidate from Dhanbad constituency, PN Singh, who was pitted against Kirti Azad, a former BJP rebel, of the Congress.

Goyal said it is strange that the Congress could not find a single candidate in the entire Jharkhand to field in Dhanbad and brought one from Darbhanga of Bihar.

Three-time BJP MP of Darbhanga, Kirti Azad, who has joined the Congress recently, is contesting from Dhanbad this time.

As per seat sharing deal among the Congress, the JMM, the JVM (Prajatantrik) and the RJD the four parties of the 'mahagathbandhan' (Grand Alliance) in Jharkhand - the grand old party is contesting from Dhanbad. Similarly, Darbhanga was given to the RJD as part of the seat sharing arrangement for the alliance in Bihar.