In Jaipur, Sawant accuses Rajasthan govt of graft

PANAJI
On a tour in poll-bound Rajasthan, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant threw a challenge to Ashok Gehlot, his counterpart there, to present a report card of his government accusing it of large scale corruption.

On Friday, Sawant who is on a two day visit to the desert State which is slated to go to polls later this year, Sawant interacted with journalists, where he alleged that every scheme of the Congress government in Rajasthan is being scammed.

Sawant alleged that the government in Rajasthan has indulged in large scale corruption in connection with the ‘Har Ghar Nal’ scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

“In government offices in Rajasthan, 5.3 kgs of gold was found.This shows how the Congress government here has fueled corruption. The government has collected crores of rupees through the mining scam,” Sawant alleged even as he repeated the allegation he made in Chhatisgarh that the Congress thinks Rajasthan is an ATM.

Sawant also took a dig at the Gehlot government in Rajasthan over the repeated cancellation of recruitment examinations due to paper leaks and blamed ministers for it. 

“The examination for government jobs has been cancelled 19 times in the last five years. It is the ministers in Rajasthan who are leaking the exam papers,” Sawant said, adding that great injustice is being done to local youth.

He expressed confidence that the people of Rajasthan will unitedly show the corrupt Congress government the way out.

CM claims to have played role in JDS-NDA tie

PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who was present for the meeting when Janata Dal (Secular) officially announced to join hands with BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of the Lok Sabha polls 2024, claims to have played a “small” role to strengthen NDA through this tie.

JD (S) leader HD Kumaraswamy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda, following which the party formally joined the NDA. Sawant was also present during the meeting. 

“I have played a small role to strengthen the NDA and assure PM Narendra Modi’s victory in the 2024 LS polls. I welcome JD (S) entry into NDA,” Sawant said.

He said that with JD (S) joining hands with NDA, the alliance will win all the LS seats in Karnataka and NDA will once again come to power. “The way PM is doing the development work, no party will say no to join NDA,” Sawant said.

The Chief Minister said that the BJP Parliamentary board and the JDS will decide over the seat-sharing later.