Pawan kheda asked- The BJP, which has ruled Indore for decades, should explain who is responsible for the deaths caused by drinking contaminated water?

http://The BJP, which has ruled Indore for decades, should explain who is responsible for the deaths caused by drinking contaminated water.

Newdelhi@Congress media department in-charge Pawan Khera has raised questions about the deaths caused by drinking contaminated water mixed with sewage in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He held a press conference in Delhi and asked- Once again, the ugly, brutal, and utterly callous face of the BJP government has been exposed. In Indore, 18 innocent lives, including a six-month-old infant, have been senselessly lost due to the gross negligence, incompetence, and blatant apathy of the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh. Over 40,000 people have been affected, and many are still fighting for their lives in ICUs. This is the same Indore city that has clinched the “Cleanest City” title for the eighth consecutive time in the central government’s Swachh Survekshan survey.

The BJP, which endlessly parades its slogan of “sabka saath, sabka vikas,” has failed at its most fundamental duty: providing safe and clean drinking water. Instead of showing urgency, compassion, or accountability, the BJP government displayed shocking arrogance. Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Kailash Vijayvargiya insulted concerned journalists with the dismissive remark, “don’t ask fokat questions,” and used the shameless word “ghanta” while grieving families waited in vain for the promised compensation. When homes were steeped in mourning, BJP ministers chose hubris over humanity.

Now, in a grotesque calculation of human life, the government has offered a paltry two lakh rupees per victim, a contemptible sum that mocks the value of human life. Families are left to bear lifelong grief caused entirely by the BJP’s reckless arrogance, incompetence, and sheer apathy.

1. This tragedy exposes decades of systemic failure. Despite flagship programs like the Jal Jeevan Mission and Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the BJP government has repeatedly failed to ensure clean drinking water. This is not the first time Madhya Pradesh has witnessed such catastrophic failure.
2. In 2003 and 2008, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) provided loans of US$200 million and US$71 million to the Government of Madhya Pradesh for the Urban Water Supply and Environment Improvement Project, covering the cities of Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, and Jabalpur.
3. The project was designed to rehabilitate pumping stations, install water metering systems, lay sewage networks, and construct water treatment plants. According to ADB records, the funding aimed to improve water access, sanitation, and waste management for millions of citizens.
4. However, over the past two decades, the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has utterly failed to implement these obligations. Quarterly water quality testing was not conducted, monitoring reports were never prepared or submitted, and critical infrastructure projects were left incomplete or mismanaged.
5. The result: contaminated drinking water that has now claimed innocent lives. Rs. 100 crore of funds released under the UPA government under the leadership of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh through ADB were meant to save lives and improve public health, but the BJP has squandered them, betraying public trust.
6. This is not mere administrative negligence; it is a criminal betrayal of citizens and a blatant violation of international loan conditions. The blood of 18 innocent people, including a six-month-old infant, lies at the doorstep of the BJP’s arrogance and mismanagement.
7. The BJP has repeatedly shown that it prioritises politics over public welfare. It failed to provide clean water, failed to monitor compliance, and now shows callous disregard for the lives of its citizens. When 18 lives have already been lost, the government’s response is to offer paltry compensation rather than take responsibility.
8. Clean drinking water is not charity; it is a fundamental right to life. The denial of this right, leading to mass illness and deaths, squarely indicts the BJP’s double-engine government, its negligent administration, and its callous leadership.
9. This is not an isolated incident. Just months ago, at least 23 children died after consuming contaminated cough syrup. Children have lost their lives due to rats in government hospitals. Today, people are dying from drinking sewage-mixed water. Madhya Pradesh, under the BJP government, has now become an epicentre of misgovernance, where apathy kills, and accountability is nowhere to be found.
   This tragedy exposes the BJP government’s hubris, incompetence, and complete disregard for human life. The people of Madhya Pradesh deserve justice, accountability, and immediate remedial action. The time has come for the BJP to answer for its decades of failure and for the lives lost due to its gross negligence.

We demand that this neglect be immediately probed and ordered by the Prime Minister’s Office, with escalation to the Asian Development Bank and a Supreme Court–level independent inquiry to make the BJP government accountable. Only such intervention can ensure that those responsible for this catastrophic failure are held accountable and that the blood of innocent citizens does not go unavenged.

Important Questions:

1. How could sewage be allowed to contaminate the city’s drinking water while the BJP government turned a blind eye? Why were repeated warnings from citizens ignored, putting thousands of lives at risk?
2. Who will take responsibility for these preventable deaths caused by the BJP’s reckless negligence?
3. How can the Chief Minister and senior ministers justify their silence while innocent children and infants perish?