BJP accuses Ashok Gehlot of defaming RSS

JAIPUR: The state BJP has slammed the Gehlot government for falsely implicating RSS leader Nimbaram in a case related to bribery by misusing the ACB aiming to defame the Sangh and keep the Congress high command in Delhi happy.
Deputy leader of the opposition, Rajendra Singh Rathore, who jointly addressed a press conference with former BJP state president Arun Chaturvedi on Wednesday, said the ACB had filed a case against the RSS leader under CRPC Section 41(i) without meeting the three basic components.
“It appears to be a first case in which neither anyone had approached ACB with a complaint nor a tip-off had been generated. Even no one raised any suspicion on those names in the complaint. The strange thing is that no one has claimed that somebody is trying to provide any favour to anyone,” said Rathore.
The ACB has named Nimbaram as the one present in the leaked video with his involvement in the alleged deal between arrested Rajaram Gurjar, husband of former JMC-Greater mayor Somya Gurjar, and BVG official Omkar. Later in the day, former CM Vasundhara Raje accused CM Ashok Gehlot of distracting people’s attention from the real issues by misusing government agencies to defame both the BJP and the RSS.
Questioning the authenticity of the leaked videos and audio files, Rathore asked why the state hadn’t taken a second opinion from the FSL testing lab in Telangana. “The normal practice is that the state takes a second opinion on evidence from the central government-run labs. Sending audio files to Telangana instead of a central government’s lab was part of a conspiracy to get a report favourable to the government,” said Rathore.
Both the leaders sqaid BJP would oppose the move of filing an FIR against the RSS leader.
They termed the move ‘immoral’ to defame a nationalist organisation like the RSS to distract people’s attention from their failures.
“If you look at history, Congress has always resorted to the tactic of implicating RSS in fake cases. They will never succeed in their plans,” said Chaturvedi.