By PTI

The BJP’s Rajasthan working committee on Saturday offered a decision criticising the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress authorities over numerous points, together with legislation and order and farm mortgage waiver, and alleged that there’s an “financial emergency-like environment” within the state.

In a press briefing, BJP chief Rajendra Rathore, who’s a part of the committee, additionally claimed that fiscal deficit has elevated and debt has gone past Rs 4.57 lakh crore.

Nevertheless, Chief Minister Gehlot termed the decision as a “bundle of lies” and claimed that the BJP is making false statements.

On the primary day of a two-day assembly of the state BJP working committee, the celebration offered the decision additionally to specific gratitude to the prime minister for the works performed by the central authorities.

Attacking the state authorities, Rathore mentioned, “There may be an financial emergency-like environment in Rajasthan as we speak below Congress rule. Fiscal deficit has elevated and debt has gone past Rs 4.57 lakh crore.”

“The Congress authorities offered three budgets, the state authorities did the work of decreasing the annual plan in each funds, the federal government is in financial emergency as we speak,” Rathore, who’s deputy chief of opposition within the state meeting, mentioned.

He mentioned that leaving all essential points apart, the state authorities is presently targeted on the marriage operate of Bollywood actors Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal. The marriage is going down at Sawai Madhopur.

Hitting out at opposition BJP for the decision, Gehlot mentioned the decision is a bundle of lies. He mentioned that after the Congress got here to energy in 2018, the celebration has received six out of 8 meeting byelections held within the state.

This displays the individuals’s religion within the governance of Congress, Gehot mentioned. He mentioned that the BJP candidates completed third and fourth within the bypolls, and their safety cash was forfeited.

“Frightened and outraged by the defeat, the BJP state president, union ministers and different leaders preserve making false statements by misusing assets,” Gehlot mentioned.

He tweeted that the BJP working committee’s decision is a bundle of lies. “Solely lies are written in it on each concern together with farmer mortgage waiver, Kisan Mitra Power Scheme, Covid administration. It’s past details and logic,” Gehlot mentioned.

On Sunday, Union House Minister Amit Shah will come and can endorse this bundle of lies,” he mentioned.

“Folks of the state are clever. They’ve recognised the BJP’s character and face. Prior to now too, the individuals of Rajasthan have given a befitting reply to the house minister and this time additionally they won’t fall of their lure, irrespective of how a lot propaganda they do,” Gehlot added. Shah will handle the concluding session of the working committee assembly.

The protests in Uttar Pradesh — organised beneath the banner of Rajasthan Berozgar Ekikrut Mahasangh (RBEM) — are aimed toward pressurising the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress authorities in Rajasthan to just accept long-standing calls for made by the unemployed in Rajasthan.

The calls for of the protesters embody appointments in a number of authorities jobs for which recruitment exams have already been performed, enhance within the variety of vacancies for state authorities jobs and formulation of a non-bailable regulation towards those that leak query papers in aggressive examinations.

“We’re at current sitting on dharna exterior the Pradesh Congress Committee in Lucknow and have now began a starvation strike. For the previous 47 days, we’ve got been protesting in Jaipur. We need to meet Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The Congress has introduced that they’ll give 20 lakh jobs in Uttar Pradesh. Earlier than the 2018 Meeting elections we had lent assist to the Congress. However guarantees made to us haven’t been fulfilled,” mentioned Upen Yadav, president of RBEM on Monday.

Earlier, the RBEM had mentioned that it’ll oppose the Congress within the Uttar Pradesh elections at rallies of its leaders together with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

“The Congress has a authorities in Rajasthan. Regardless of this, they don’t seem to be fulfilling the guarantees made to the unemployed youth and as an alternative making tall guarantees to the individuals of Uttar Pradesh. First the occasion ought to fulfil their guarantees made in Rajasthan,” mentioned Yadav.

MLA Danish Abrar, the newly-appointed advisor to CM Gehlot, reached out to the protesters on November 23 and held talks. Nevertheless, after no consensus might be reached, the protesters left for Uttar Pradesh on November 26 and after reaching Lucknow, additionally they accused UP Congress employees of misbehaving with them.

The opposition BJP has been immediate to nook the Rajasthan authorities over the protests by unemployed youth, with former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, state BJP president Satish Poonia, deputy chief of opposition Rajendra Rathore, all slamming the Gehlot regime.

Chatting with reporters on Sunday, Chief Minister Gehlot mentioned that the opposition is ‘inciting’ the protests.

“What’s the logic behind staging a dharna at Lucknow? Our pals are staging dharna at Lucknow? Isn’t this politics? The opposition is inciting them. What’s the logic? You’re sending them to Lucknow…the federal government there may be of the BJP,” mentioned Gehlot.

Gehlot added that the BJP is demoralised after losses in state elections and are actually inciting such protests. “The very best employment within the nation is being given in Rajasthan. Round 1 lakh individuals already have jobs, recruitment course of for 77,000 extra individuals is ongoing. Is that this occurring anyplace within the nation? Some individuals need to contest elections in future. Even when they get jobs, they’d not achieve this simply need to be within the limelight in order that tomorrow the BJP or Congress give them tickets,” mentioned CM Gehlot.

“When a authorities is caring for the unemployed, like members of the family, what’s going to they do by going to Lucknow?,” he added.

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday expressed concern over the emergence of a brand new coronavirus variant and requested the federal government to supply vaccine safety to the folks of the nation.

His remarks come amid rising international considerations over the brand new pressure of the lethal virus that has been named ‘Omicron’ by the World Well being Group and categorised as a variant of concern.

“New variant is a critical menace. Excessive time GOI (authorities of India) will get critical about offering vaccine safety to our countrymen,” Gandhi tweeted utilizing the hashtag #Omicron.

He additionally questioned the federal government’s vaccination protection numbers, saying, “Dangerous vaccination figures cannot be hidden for lengthy behind one man’s picture.”

The nation’s Covid vaccination certificates include a photograph of the prime minister.

Gandhi additionally shared a chart titled “India’s Vaccination Equation”.

In line with the chart, 31.19 % inhabitants of the nation has been totally vaccinated now.

It claimed that 6.8 million vaccinations per day was recorded within the nation over the last week in opposition to the required 23.3 million per day for the whole eligible inhabitants to be inoculated by December-end.

Throughout the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefed in regards to the new variant of the coronavirus together with its traits and the influence seen in numerous international locations, the PMO mentioned.

The PM requested officers to overview the plans to ease worldwide journey restrictions in gentle of the “rising new proof”.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday mentioned the Centre ought to resolve on permitting booster doses of coronavirus vaccine to folks, expressing fear over rising an infection instances.

He additionally pressured on growing efforts to make sure that the second dose of the vaccine is run to those that have taken the primary dose.

He mentioned except the second dose is run, the primary is of no use.

“It’s essential to take each doses for prevention,” he advised reporters right here.

Gehlot mentioned together with it, the Centre ought to contemplate permitting booster doses.

The CM mentioned he has already written a letter to the prime minister on this regard however no resolution has been taken on this to this point by the Centre.