It is unfortunate that the people of Rajasthan are paying for the discord within the Congress, BJP national vice chairman and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje said on Saturday in her first reaction on the spiralling political crisis within the state.
The Congress is trying to shift the blame on the BJP and therefore the BJP leadership, Raje said as an issue mark looms over the longer term of the Ashok Gehlot-led government following a bitter feud between the chief minister and his former deputy Sachin Pilot.
The interest of the people must be paramount for the govt , Raje said while asking the state’s ruling Congress to believe the general public .
“There is not any point in trying to tug the BJP and therefore the BJP leaders names through the mud. it’s the interest of our folks that must remain paramount!” she said during a statement posted on Twitter.
Raje, who has been conspicuous by her silence on the present crisis, went on to list the various problems facing the people of Rajasthan.
At a time when COVID-19 has claimed quite 500 lives and positive cases are on the brink of 28,000 locusts are attacking farmers fields crimes against women are at an all-time high when there’s a drag of electricity across the state and i am only naming a couple of of the issues faced by our people, she said.
Think of the people!!!!! she ended the statement during which she took no names.
Raje’s reaction came days after the crisis began with the registration of an FIR by Rajasthan Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) on Friday last week in reference to a conspiracy to topple the government .
The SOG had issued notices to the chief minister, the deputy chief minister and therefore the government’s chief whip Mahesh Joshi for recording their statements.
Subsequently, as Pilot staged a revolt, he was removed as deputy chief minister. Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena were also sacked from the Gehlot cabinet for his or her alleged involvement within the conspiracy.
Congress has accused the BJP of trying to topple the Gehlot government and has alleged that Pilot and 18 other MLAs are involved within the conspiracy.
Further muddying the waters, Nagaur MP and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party convener Hanuman Beniwal has also accused of Raje having an indoor alliance with Gehlot. The RLP is an ally of the NDA.
On Friday, the Congress suspended MLAs Bhanwarlal Sharma and Vishvendra Singh from the party’s primary membership.
The move came after two audio clips surfaced. The Congress alleged that Sharma is talking with Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Sanjay Jain regarding the conspiracy of toppling the government within the clips.
About Vishvenra Singh’s alleged involvement, the party said some details may emerge soon.
