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Jealous people present in all human ages, says Chouhan
Bhopal, July 11
Beleaguered Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday seemed to hit back at
his detractors who are demanding he quit in the wake of the Vyapam
recruitment scam, saying that those who were jealous were also present
in the "Treta Yug" or the second epoch as per Hindu religious tradition.
"Treta
Yug mein bhi jalne waale log hua karte the (Those who were jealous also
existed in the Treta Yug," he said at a programme here where Goa
Governor Mridula Sinha's novel "Paritapt Lankeshwari" was launched.
Realising
that his statement would be seen as a political reaction, Chouhan
hastened to clarify that he only meant that these type of jealous people
existed always, be it the "Treta Yug" or its following third epoch
"Dvapar Yug" where morality and righteousness declines proportionately
from the first "Satya Yug".
Chouhan has been in the centre of the
rising controversy over the scam in which 48 people have died
mysteriously and the matter has reached the Supreme Court, which has
ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry. The opposition
Congress and Aam Aadmi Party have vociferously demanded his resignation.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat was also present at the book launch.