Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot turned 71 this May, but the woes of his crisis-ridden government left no space for any sense of elation or fulfilment. In fact, even as celebrations were happening on May 3, news came that riots had broken out in Jodhpur, his hometown. Then came allegations of rape and sexual exploitation of a news anchor by the son of his closest aide in the cabinet. Meanwhile, the Enforcement Directorate is turning the screws in the probe into the teacher recruitment exam paper leak case. All this has become a dampener ahead of the Congress party national chintan shivir (brainstorming session) scheduled to be held in Udaipur from May 13-15.
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