With Congress backing the Gujarat governor on her decision to seeks details of expenses during Chief Minister Narendra Modi's recent fast, its confrontation with the BJP is likely to intensify after demand for recall of Kamla Beniwal on the issue of Lokayukta appointment.
"This is quite justified. The money that Modi spent on the fast is government money. Government's money cannot be spent for fasts. If the Gujarat governor has sought details of the expenditure, she has done the right thing. People of Gujarat will also seek it," Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi said.
Beniwal, who has been locked in a row with the state government over the appointment of Lokayukta, dashed off a letter based on a representation received from Mahagujarat Janta Party chief Gordhan Zadafia.
Details of the expenses and procedures followed for its sanction were sought from the state government by Beniwal, sources in the governor's office said.
The state BJP has been seeking the recall of the governor accusing her of acting against the Modi government at the Centre's behest.
The Congress attack on Modi was significant as it came a day after Modi upped the ante against the party accusing it of conspiring to dislodge his government through Raj Bhavan even as the state BJP passed a resolution seeking recall of Beniwal.
Addressing a rally at Vastrol on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, Modi said, "You (Congress), for the last three years, have used the Raj Bhavan to make a back-door entry to run a parallel government" in the state.
"This is a mega rally against the conspiracy hatched against my government", Modi said adding, the governor has "lost the dignity of the post" and demanded her recall.
