Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged Saturday the Swachh Bharat campaign was being used by the Narendra Modi-led government for propaganda and the scheme was a success only on hoardings and advertisements.
The former minister of drinking water and sanitation, the nodal ministry for the campaign, said the focus of the cleanliness campaign has been the "celebration of missed targets, neglected issues and repeated lies."
He claimed toilets were built indiscriminately, despite them not being used due to lack of other supporting amenities. He quoted a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)report which said "household water connections were not available and, therefore, toilets constructed under the mission could not be used."
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