Gehlot lists failures of Raje govt

Jaipur | Tuesday | 18th September, 2018

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He said “Amit Shah who could not announce a state party president for months together is asking who the Congress chief minister candidate. Last time (previous Congress rule) we had promised an enquiry against Raje but desisted it under Prevention of Corruption Act. Jaipur: Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot alleged that chief minister Vasundhara Raje has been using a senior official in the chief ministers office (CMO) to threaten the IAS and RAS officers who fail to comply with their illegal and oral orders.He said in the past four and half years this official has been the de facto chief minister as most of the time Raje is either in Delhi or Dholpur. “This government is politicizing the force by calling beneficiary meeting of the constables promoted to ASI,” he alleged.Gehlot also took to task BJP president Amit Shah for asking Congress to name its chief minister candidate here. He demanded a reduction in the prices of domestic LPG connection by at Rs 100.The former chief minister said the BJP government was forced to cut 4% VAT on petrol and diesel under pressure from the Congress after the nation wide bandh.eom.