Jodhpur Violence: BJP Chief JP Nadda Compares Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot to Roman Emperor Nero
GG News Bureau
Suratgarh, 11th May. Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Tuesday reprimanded the Congress-led Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan over the recent communal violence in the state and compared Gehlot to Roman emperor Nero.
Nadda also alleged that when communal violence broke out before Eid in Gehlot’s home district of Jodhpur then the CM was celebrating his birthday.
Nadda while addressing a party booth meeting of the Bikaner division in Suratgarh of the Sriganganagar district said, “If I talk about Rajasthan today, it doesn’t feel good but when we open newspapers, we see incidents of Karauli, Jodhpur, Jaipur or some other city. On one hand, we say our government is responsible and responsive. On the other hand, the day when people in Jodhpur were on the roads, on that day, Gehlot sahab was celebrating his birthday. When Rome was burning, Nero was playing the flute”.
The BJP chief questioned Ashok Gehlot if it wasn’t the Chief Minister’s accountability to visit his hometown Jodhpur after the violence.
“Wasn’t it the job of Ashok Gehlot that he should have gone to Jodhpur, which is his home district, where communal clashes were taking place? You should have gone there. You didn’t go, it shows how much you love the people of Rajasthan,” said the BJP president.
Emphasizing the welfare schemes such as the Ujjwala Yojana of the BJP government at the Centre, JP Nadda further targeted Ashok Gehlot and said, “Have you ever heard him talk about basic issues? He talks about riots, caste, communities or dividing the society. We talk about Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, and Sabka Prayas.”
Criticizing the Rajasthan government over the law-and-order situation, Nadda said that according to National Crime Records Bureau 2019-20 Rajasthan was ranked number one in cases of atrocities against women and was ranked second in crimes against Scheduled Tribe communities, while the state stands at number three in crimes against Scheduled Caste.
Rajasthan has been witnessing various incidents of violence over the past two months.
BJP chief JP Nadda is on a two-day tour to Rajasthan ahead of the next Rajasthan legislative assembly poll which is scheduled to be held in 2023.
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