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SCARED AFTER CONGRESS CHINTAN SHIVIR: CM GEHLOT ON BJP’S RAJASTHAN MEETING

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has hit out at the central government and BJP for price rise, unemployment and communal tensions across the country. Hours before BJP’s meeting of national office-bearers, Gehlot on Thursday said the saffron party is holding the brainstorming session in the state as it is scared after the Congress organised its […]

Ashok Gehlot
Ashok Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has hit out at the central government and BJP for price rise, unemployment and communal tensions across the country. Hours before BJP’s meeting of national office-bearers, Gehlot on Thursday said the saffron party is holding the brainstorming session in the state as it is scared after the Congress organised its ‘Chintan Shivir’ in Udaipur recently.

He said as soon as the Congress’ ‘Chintan Shivir’ was announced, the BJP also decided to hold its meeting in Jaipur. “They are scared and therefore they are coming here,” he said, while exuding confidence that the people of the state will vote for Congress in the next assembly elections. Gehlot was talking to reporters on various issues here today.

Targeting the BJP for ‘its agenda of Hindutva’, Gehlot said the BJP is doing politics in the name of Hindus and have become arrogant under the impression that they have their support. “They are just misleading the people in the name of Hindutva. This will backfire. This is not in the interest of the public,” Gehlot said.

He also alleged that the communal tension in state’s Karauli in April was “pre-planned”. Be it Karauli or Jodhpur, where communal tension broke out in the recent past, the police controlled the situation and riots were not allowed to happen, Gehlot said. He said it was BJP’s agenda to defame the Congress government in Rajasthan.

He reiterated that an atmosphere of tension is there in the country so that the public attention can be diverted from the real issues of inflation and unemployment.

Gehlot also said that increase in crime, incidents of paper leaks etc. were the result of unemployment and it is the responsibility of both the Centre and state governments to provide jobs to youths.

The CM further said it seems that the economic policies of the central government have failed and they have no plan to control inflation. “Instead of diverting the country’s attention to the temple-mosque issues, the prime minister and the NDA government should focus on solving the unemployment problem and controlling inflation,” Gehlot added.

On the resignation of Congress MLA Ganesh Ghoghra, Gehlot said the FIR was registered against the legislator as the rule of law should be upheld. “Ganesh Ghoghra is our young colleague. He is an emotional person and keeps fighting for the people. We should appreciate him.

“He had gone for a public hearing but some other incident happened there. There is a rule of law, which should remain, and therefore the FIR was registered,” Gehlot said.

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