New Delhi: Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lacking a chance to ship a message towards untouchability by taking the lead position within the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The inauguration of the Ram temple, which will probably be attended by Prime Minister Modi, is scheduled for January 22. Gehlot instructed reporters in Jaipur that the prime minister ought to have let the Dalits, tribals, OBCs and other people of all faiths carry out the ‘pran pratishtha’ (consecration) of the temple, whereas holding Shankaracharya within the entrance.
He stated that the President and the previous president, who’re each from the Dalit group, in addition to veteran BJP chief LK Advani, ought to have been invited to the occasion. Gehlot, who’s a senior Congress chief, stated that the prime minister ought to have additionally introduced that there will probably be no untouchability within the nation after January 22, identical to he had requested folks to beat thalis (plates) in the course of the Covid pandemic.
इंडिया गठबंधन, राजस्थान में मंत्रियों के विभाग बंटवारा न होने व श्रीकरणपुर में मतदान समेत तमाम समसामयिक मुद्दों पर मीडिया से बात की। pic.twitter.com/FUq81GeMKk
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) January 5, 2024
He stated that untouchability is a blot on humanity and the prime minister ought to have vowed to erase it. He stated that the prime minister’s stature and respect would have elevated by doing this, no matter whether or not folks preferred him or not. “I too would have liked it, but you (Modi) are doing ‘pran pratishtha’ alone,” he stated.
Gehlot additionally accused the BJP of utilizing the Ram Temple inauguration ceremony for political acquire. “The way the NDA government, Prime Minister Modi and Yogi Adityanath are taking interest in the construction of Ram temple… In the name of Ram temple, politics is being played only to win the elections,” the previous Rajasthan CM stated.
Gehlot Attacks BJP Over Democracy, Governance
The former chief minister additionally alleged that democracy is underneath menace within the nation and that the central businesses just like the Income Tax division, the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had been being misused by the BJP. He additionally lashed out on the BJP management over the delay in allocating portfolios to the ministers in Rajasthan. He stated that Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, who’s a first-time MLA, wants time to be taught the ropes, however he’s being managed by a distant.
“I had congratulated the chief minister. He became an MLA for the first time and becoming the chief minister is a big opportunity. His party high command should do justice to him. The way the party is treating him, he is being run by a remote,” Gehlot stated. He stated that the formation of the cupboard took time and now the portfolios usually are not being distributed.
Gehlot Comments On DGP’s Retirement
Gehlot additionally remarked on the voluntary retirement of Rajasthan Director General of Police (DGP) Umesh Mishra, who stop his submit with fast impact resulting from private causes after the change of presidency within the state. “The DGP has taken VRS, he was a good man,” Gehlot stated.
Mishra, a 1989-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, was changed by Director General (Home Guards) UR Sahoo, who was given the extra cost of the DGP by the Rajasthan authorities on December 29, 2023.
