Ahmedabad, Oct 30 (PTI) Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior Congress chief Ashok Gehlot on Sunday alleged that simply the way in which goats are bought for Eid celebrations, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is shopping for MLAs to topple elected governments in states.
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He mentioned the BJP had pulled down governments utilizing cash energy in Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and had unsuccessfully tried to unseat him as effectively in Rajasthan, an obvious reference to the turmoil when Gehlot was set to combat the Congress presidential polls.
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He was talking at a rally in Khedbrahma city of Sabarkantha district in Gujarat, the place Assembly elections are due by the tip of the yr.
The Congress’ manifesto for the Assembly polls will probably be launched by November 8, he added.
“The BJP’s acts are weakening democracy. They topple state governments and form their own government after buying MLAs. Using the money received through electoral bonds, they buy MLAs just like people buy goats from bakra mandis during Eid,” Gehlot mentioned.
“The BJP first toppled the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh and formed their own government. The same thing happened in Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Each MLA was paid nearly Rs 35 crore. Though they tried to do the same in Rajasthan recently, they could not succeed because all MLAs remained united,” he claimed.
He additionally expressed anger on the current defection of Khedbrahma Congress MLA Ashvin Kotval to the ruling BJP.
Before Khedbrahma, Gehlot and different senior Congress leaders addressed a rally in Virampur village in Banaskantha in north Gujarat.
During the Virampur rally, Gehlot mentioned the Congress will announce its ballot manifesto for Gujarat on November 8, including that it’ll focus primarily on social safety, such as free healthcare, training and employment.
“We will implement Rajasthan’s social security model in Gujarat. We provide Rs 10 lakh medical insurance to each family. We also run a free kitchen where anyone can get a meal for Rs 8. Instead of 100 days, we provide 125 days of employment under the MNREGA,” he mentioned.
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