Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje lashed out at the Ashok Gehlot government alleging that the it was involved in ‘diversion politics’ rather than focusing on development. Raje also accused it of “drying out” the state exchequer in the past 13 months. She was addressing a press conference, along with state president Arun Chaturvedi, at the BJP headquarters on Monday. Commenting on corruption charges by the Congress, she said, “There was no corruption. If there was, let the Congress prove it.’’ Chaturvedi added the Gehlot government lacked vision and direction.“All these allegations are being made only to divert the voters’ attentions from development issues,’’ he said.“When the BJP was in power, the state, a part of the ‘Bimaru’ states earlier, was elevated to one with surplus budget. Where were these surplus funds used?,’’ asked Raje. She added that the chief minister himself and his finance secretary have officially accepted that the state is facing a major financial crunch. “Money was available and the state was doing fine till December 10, 2008. What had changed overnight that the Congress repeated its earlier statements of no money after December 13, 2008?’’ she said. The former chief minister alleged that the Congress government had failed to set up a single milestone during its present rule. Raje claimed that the government during the past 13 months, wrote 13 letters to the Centre and put 13 developmental projects of the BJP government on hold. She claimed the Gehlot government had written to the Centre, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee and Sharad Pawar.Vasundhara Raje slam Gehlot Government in Rajasthan
Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje lashed out at the Ashok Gehlot government alleging that the it was involved in ‘diversion politics’ rather than focusing on development. Raje also accused it of “drying out” the state exchequer in the past 13 months. She was addressing a press conference, along with state president Arun Chaturvedi, at the BJP headquarters on Monday. Commenting on corruption charges by the Congress, she said, “There was no corruption. If there was, let the Congress prove it.’’ Chaturvedi added the Gehlot government lacked vision and direction.“All these allegations are being made only to divert the voters’ attentions from development issues,’’ he said.“When the BJP was in power, the state, a part of the ‘Bimaru’ states earlier, was elevated to one with surplus budget. Where were these surplus funds used?,’’ asked Raje. She added that the chief minister himself and his finance secretary have officially accepted that the state is facing a major financial crunch. “Money was available and the state was doing fine till December 10, 2008. What had changed overnight that the Congress repeated its earlier statements of no money after December 13, 2008?’’ she said. The former chief minister alleged that the Congress government had failed to set up a single milestone during its present rule. Raje claimed that the government during the past 13 months, wrote 13 letters to the Centre and put 13 developmental projects of the BJP government on hold. She claimed the Gehlot government had written to the Centre, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee and Sharad Pawar.
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