CPM blames BJP, Congress rebels for Rajasthan crisis

JAIPUR: Amidst rumours that he had joined the Pilot camp in Delhi, CPM MLA Girdharilal clarified that he is very much in Rajasthan and will abide by the party’s decision.
The other CPM MLA Balwan Poonia, who has been suspended by the party for voting in support of the Congress candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections, too, is with the Gehlot camp.
The CPM, which has two MLAs in the Rajasthan assembly, has alleged that the current political crisis has been engineered by the BJP.
The state secretary of the party, Amraram told TOI that the BJP had started its conspiracy by fielding a second candidate in the recent Rajya Sabha elections. But after failing, now it has come out openly challenging all the democratic niceties and Constitutional values.
Amraram further alleged, “Democracy, secularism, federalism and the Constitution have been directly attacked in the country ever since the BJP-RSS government was formed under the leadership of Narendra Modi at the Centre.”
The elected state governments in Karnataka, Goa, Madhya Pradesh were toppled by open-ended purchases of MLAs like sheep and goat.
The misuse of Raj Bhavan, Income Tax department, ED and CBI has become the order of the day for the BJP. He expressed surprise and regret at how the Congress president and other senior leaders fell prey to the machinations of the BJP-RSS.
Gehlot govt will last five years: Kachariyawas
Gehlot government had lasted five years with just 96 MLAs in 2008, now there are 109 MLAs with the government. The BJP's conspiracy to destabilise the Congress government will not succeed, claimed Transport minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas on Thursday.
He said people voted for the Congress and the same people won on Congress symbol now stand with BJP and claims the government had lost majority is dishonouring the peoples mandate.
“If any MLA makes a statement that the government is in a minority, it directly reflects the nexus with the BJP,” he said.
He alleged that the Income tax, ED and CBI started raids at the behest of the central government in a clear signal that the central government has come out in the open to threaten the Congress workers and leaders. The entire arrangement of Manesar hotel in Haryana is being done by BJP and the police personnel of the BJP government of Haryana are working round the clock to keep a watch on MLAs, he alleged.