Dalits, Tribals Ought to Have Accomplished It…: Gehlot Accuses BJP Of Utilizing Ram Temple Consecration For Political Acquire

Dalits, Tribals Ought to Have Accomplished It…: Gehlot Accuses BJP Of Utilizing Ram Temple Consecration For Political Acquire

New Delhi: Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lacking a possibility 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 advised 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 preserving Shankaracharya within the entrance.

He mentioned that the President and the previous president, who’re each from the Dalit neighborhood, in addition to veteran BJP chief LK Advani, ought to have been invited to the occasion. Gehlot, who’s a senior Congress chief, mentioned that the prime minister ought to have additionally introduced that there will probably be no untouchability within the nation after January 22, similar to he had requested folks to beat thalis (plates) in the course of the Covid pandemic.

He mentioned that untouchability is a blot on humanity and the prime minister ought to have vowed to erase it. He mentioned that the prime minister’s stature and respect would have elevated by doing this, no matter whether or not folks appreciated him or not. “I too would have appreciated it, however you (Modi) are doing ‘pran pratishtha’ alone,” he mentioned.

Gehlot additionally accused the BJP of utilizing the Ram Temple inauguration ceremony for political acquire. “The way in which the NDA authorities, Prime Minister Modi and Yogi Adityanath are taking curiosity within the building of Ram temple… Within the identify of Ram temple, politics is being performed solely to win the elections,” the previous Rajasthan CM mentioned.

Gehlot Assaults BJP Over Democracy, Governance

The previous chief minister additionally alleged that democracy is beneath risk within the nation and that the central companies just like the Earnings 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 mentioned 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 grew to become an MLA for the primary time and turning into the chief minister is an enormous alternative. His social gathering excessive command ought to do justice to him. The way in which the social gathering is treating him, he’s being run by a distant,” Gehlot mentioned. He mentioned that the formation of the cupboard took time and now the portfolios should not being distributed.

Gehlot Feedback On DGP’s Retirement

Gehlot additionally remarked on the voluntary retirement of Rajasthan Director Basic of Police (DGP) Umesh Mishra, who stop his submit with fast impact attributable to private causes after the change of presidency within the state. “The DGP has taken VRS, he was man,” Gehlot mentioned.

Mishra, a 1989-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, was changed by Director Basic (House Guards) UR Sahoo, who was given the extra cost of the DGP by the Rajasthan authorities on December 29, 2023.




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