Published By: Kavya Mishra
Last Updated: November 07, 2023, 21:19 IST
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot. (File PTI)
The chief minister was addressing a programme within the Adarsh Nagar meeting constituency right here as a part of the Congress ‘Guarantee Yatra’
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday stated the Congress’ battle within the upcoming Rajasthan meeting elections is in opposition to the ED and the CBI as a substitute of the BJP, which is unable to compete and utilizing central probe companies to “harass” different events.
The BJP is resorting to levelling false allegations in opposition to the Congress, Gehlot charged.
The chief minister was addressing a programme within the Adarsh Nagar meeting constituency right here as a part of the Congress ‘Guarantee Yatra’.
Unable to compete with the Congress, Gehlot stated, the BJP is levelling false allegations in opposition to the get together.
“It is not talking about our work and our guarantees because it has nothing to say… So instead of the BJP, our fight is against the ED, the Income Tax department and the CBI,” he stated.
The BJP utilizing the ED to intimidate and harass different events is a risk to democracy, he stated.
“Democracy is under threat in the country. The Constitution is being torn to shreds. If the Constitution does not survive, rule of law will not be there and no one will be safe,” he added.
On October 26, the ED raided the premises of Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra in Jaipur and Sikar as a part of a cash laundering probe into an alleged examination paper leak case and summoned Gehlot’s son and Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) president Vaibhav Gehlot in a international alternate violation case.
Gehlot together with Congress’ Rajasthan in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa started the ‘Guarantee Yatra’ from the Moti Dungri Ganesh temple right here.
The two leaders travelled in a bus whereas a lot of get together staff accompanied them on foot.
As a part of this yatra, the Congress is taking the seven ‘guarantees’ introduced by Gehlot forward of the meeting polls to the plenty.
The ‘guarantees’ embody offering laptops to authorities school college students, English medium schooling to each pupil and an annual honorarium of Rs 10,000 to the girl head of a household, amongst different issues.
Polling for the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly might be held on November 25 and votes might be counted on December 3.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
