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Crime & corruption define Cong govt in Raj, says Shekhawat
The Morning Standard
|November 21, 2023
UNION minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who hails from Rajasthan, says the state where the elections for the 200-member Assembly are due on November 25, says the people are longing for change and they need a government that gives top priority to development and peace.
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Shekhawat, who is considered one of the probable faces for the CM's post if the BJP wins, tells Rajesh Kumar Thakur that the winds of change against corruption and crime are sweeping the state and the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government will soon be ousted. Excerpts:
How confident are you about BJP coming to power in Rajasthan?
The people are clamouring for change in the state; they feel cheated by the Congress. I have seen during my campaigning for the party that people, irrespective of caste and creed, are determined to oust the Congress government, which has failed to come up to the expectations of the people.
What are the key issues for the BJP?
The state is beset with crime, corruption and administrative anarchy. Ashok Gehlot as CM has failed to deliver. The people have decided to vote him out as there is nothing that can be claimed in the name of peace and prosperity.
The BJP has made crime against women in Rajasthan a major poll issue against the Congress government...
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