A minister in the Congress-led dispensation in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday dubbed the previous BJP government as "plunderers worse than Mahmud Ghaznavi" which has emptied out the state public exchequer.
State General Administration and Cooperative Minister Govind Singh went on to say that BJP ministers, during the 15-year rule from 2003, hollowed out the state financially, going one up on Ghaznavi who "looted Somnath temple in Gujarat but left something back out of pity".
Mahmud of Ghazni, who ruled between 998-1030 AD, is reviled in Indian history as a merciless plunderer who ransacked the fabled riches of the Somnath temple in 1025 AD.
"The BJP government under Shivraj Singh Chouhan looted the state like Mahmud Ghaznavi. No department was spared," Singh said while speaking to reporters here.
He added, "The state stands hollow now and is in a quagmire of debt. This is causing trouble for chief minister Kamal Nathji at every step".
Singh claimed the Congress government, ...
