BHOPAL/INDORE: AICC general secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday evening reiterated his vow to “hit the streets” despite all the controversy it has generated.Speaking to reporters in Gwalior, Scindia said, “I am a public servant. Fighting for people’s issues is my dharma. Like I said, we must have patience since it has only been one year of the government. And promises we (Congress party) made in the manifesto must be fulfilled. If not, we have to hit the streets.”On Monday, AICC general secretaries Mukul Wasnik and Deepak Babaria addressed a press conference in Bhopal but refused to answer questions on Scindia. Asked about bickering in the party, Wasnik handed over the microphone to Babaria who said, “I am here for the next two to three days. I will answer these questions later.”Last Thursday, Scindia had told guest teachers, who are on strike demanding regularization of service, that he would be their “shield and sword” if the state government does not fulfil the manifesto promise of regularizing them. “Your demands were made part of the Congress’ election manifesto. That manifesto is holy text for us. If the promises made in the manifesto are not fulfilled, then don’t think you will be left alone. Jyotiraditya Scindia will hit the streets with you.”In Indore, BJP ‘sympathized’ with Scindia, with Indore-2 MLA Ramesh Mendola inviting him on Monday to the installation ceremony of a 66-ft-tall statue of Lord Hanuman. He advised Scindia that reciting Hanuman Chalisa will “show him a way out of the crisis he is in”.Mendola, a trusted aide of BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya , wrote to Scindia about the event at Pitra Parvat (a hill on Indore’s outskirts), and said: “The kind of treatment chief minister Kamal Nath has given you, after you reminded him of promises made in the manifesto, is sad and painful. I believe, praying to Lord Hanuman will give you strength and courage in this time of grief. Through this letter, I am inviting you to participate in idol installation ceremony of Piterashwar Hanuman Dham, which is being carried out in presence of many saints till March 3.”“Reciting ‘Sundarkand’ or Hanuman Chalisa will help you deal with the challenges you are facing in your party and will also give you strength to fight injustice and win (the political battle). This letter is written with good intention and don’t draw any political conclusions or other sense of it,” Mendola mentions at the end.MPCC general secretary Satyanarayan Patel — a Scindia supporter — denied there is any crisis. “Scindia ji is facing no challenge in the party, neither is he in any trouble. However, if Mendola wants him to attend the religious programme and if he has written with good intentions, Scindia ji may participate.”