Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday criticised Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in connection with the alleged Mahadev betting app scam in which the Enforcement Directorate has linked the Congress leader.

Thakur said that if people involved in the Delhi Liquor Scam “couldn’t escape”nobody involved in the Mahadev App would be able to escape either. Catch

After the Mahadev app scam, Chhattisgarh CM is hiding his face. If the people involved in Delhi’s liquor policy scam were not able to escape, here too, no one would be able to escape,” Thakur said during a press conference in Raipur, according to

He added: “’Paisa Kamao…Bhupay karo’ this continued for 5 years. Betting continued and the chief minister’s office continued protecting the accused. ₹508 crore were collected from the Mahadev App. Now there will be neither Congress government nor corruption.”

Thakur said that if people want guarantees, they should prefer those offered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“I want to tell the youths if you want to take guarantees, take those of (given by) PM Modi. What the Bhupesh Baghel government was not able to give in five years, we will give within five weeks on the occasion of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birthday on December 25.