Jitu Patwari demands accountability as Amit Shah visits Bhopal

Patwari highlighted a grim catalogue of tragedies, citing the deaths of 36 children in Balaghat and over 100 others attributed to malnutrition and systemic corruption. He further pointed to 26 fatalities linked to contaminated cough syrup and 36 deaths caused by poisonous water. According to the Congress leader, the proliferation of illicit liquor has devastated local communities, leaving nearly 100 families displaced, 100 women widowed, and 200 children orphaned. He urged the Home Minister to conduct a rigorous assessment of the state Home Department’s performance during his visit.

Shah is in Bhopal to headline the Gopalak Sammelan at Dussehra Maidan and inaugurate projects for the dairy and cooperative sectors. His agenda includes the launch of a Rs 255 crore milk processing plant in Ujjain and the distribution of financial dividends to cooperative members. While the central government focuses on these developmental milestones and the rollout of new criminal laws, the opposition insists that the administration must address the underlying failures that have resulted in these recurring public health crises.