Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Monday that when the accused landlord in the Udaipur murder case complained to the local police about the men, BJP The leaders had reportedly called and asked them not to take any action against the accused.
“Everyone knows that the main accused (in the Udaipur murder case) had links with the BJP and at what level. Recently news came that the rented house in which he used to live…the landlord is also a Muslim, he complained to the police that they were harassing him…some people used to come to his house, threaten him, and he also didn’t used to do. Receive rent. Before the police acted, BJP leaders called the police station and said that he is our worker and do not disturb him.
Speaking on the sidelines of a joint press conference with the opposition presidential candidate Yashwant SinhaGehlot said the whole world knows on whose lap the accused in the murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal were sitting.
When asked by the media how the police, which comes under the Congress government in the state, can listen to the opposition BJP, Gehlot said, “Maine aapko ghatana batayi, ki phone gaye wahan pe. Zaruri nahin ki unki baat maani gayi ho. Jo khabrein aa rahi hai mere paas mein, wo maine share ki bas (I told you about the incident, that phone calls were made… It’s not necessary that what they (BJP) said was accepted. I just shared the news that I am getting ).”
When contacted, BJP MLA and Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore said Gehlot should not make “baseless” allegations.
“If the chief minister has such evidence that the accused are linked to a BJP leader, why is he sitting silent? He also has ATS and other security agencies. Such baseless statements dilute the seriousness of the matter.
Two of the main accused in Lal’s murder – Mohammad Riaz and Ghaus Mohammed – had also videotaped the murder and in separate videos said that Lal was murdered because he had shared a post in support of the BJP. Nupur SharmaCommentary on the Prophet.
Of the two, Riyaz lived in a rented house in Udaipur.
The Congress has been continuously alleging that both the accused were associated with the BJP, a charge denied by the saffron party.
Presidential election fight against misuse of central agencies: Sinha
Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha on Monday said the presidential election to be held on July 18 is a fight against the central agencies which are being misused by the central government.
Sinha said that if he becomes the chairman then the misuse of central agencies will stop.
He also alleged that the BJP and its led government at the Center were “deliberately” creating an atmosphere of hatred in the country.
Sinha attacked the Center over the Centre’s economic policies, declining growth and depreciating rupee’s exchange rate.
However, he said that India will not see a situation like Sri Lanka.
Sinha said the elections were being held under unusual circumstances.
He will call the Prime Minister and ask him to speak on the issues raised by the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Sinha said, referring to Ashok Gehlot’s demand that the Prime Minister should address the nation on the current situation of tension, hatred and violence. . in country.
He also attacked the BJP over the political developments in Maharashtra and now Goa and said that such developments happened before the presidential election so that the number of opposition votes did not increase.
He said that the consensus which was there in the era of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, it is now over. Now, politics is being done over conflict, he said.