Cong claims beneficiaries for PM’S Rajasthan event are BJP workers Even a united Oppn can’t stop us: Shah
MODI IS VISITING JAIPUR TO INTERACT WITH OVER 250,000 BENEFICIARIES OF 12 WELFARE SCHEMES OF CENTRAL AND STATE GOVTS
JAIPUR/BIKANER: The Congress on Thursday alleged that the beneficiaries of welfare schemes being invited by the Rajasthan government tor Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally on July 7 are all workers and supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a charge denied by the state’s panchayati raj minister.
Modi is visiting Jaipur to interact with more than 250,000 beneficiaries of the 12 welfare schemes of the Central and state governments to showcase the positive impact of the government’s social welfare programmes.
Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot of the Congress said district collectors have been told to ferry BJP workers in the name of beneficiaries as state guests, providing them board and lodging.
“The intention of the BJP behind gathering a crowd of BJP workers in the name of beneficiaries in an election year is to win the election by hook or by crook,” Gehlot said in a statement on Thursday. Elections in Rajasthan are due by the end of the year.
The state’s panchayati raj and rural development minister Rajendra Rathore denied the charge. “People coming to the event are not BJP workers but beneficiaries. The district collectors have been asked to monitor the arrangements,” he said.
The police, meanwhile, are ensuring they aren’t caught on the wrong foot as they were in March 2018 when some of the people attending a Modi rally in Jhunjhunu waved black flags at the Prime Minister. Back then, the BJP had accused the Congress of masterminding the protest.
A district level senior police officer, who didn’t want to be named, added that the police is “concerned about the (political) ideology” of “people going to interact with the PM to prevent any embarrassment.”
A former director general of police said on condition of anonymity that “there’s nothing wrong in it”. “The police are doing this to avoid any disruptions in the event and ensuring that the people coming to the event are not hardcore political activists.” AGRA: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah claimed that his party would get more seats in Uttar Pradesh in 2019 than what it got in 2014, even if the opposition came together. He said opposition parties were unable to face the BJP on their own and uniting only to remove Narendra Modi.
“This time again, UP would be the reason behind the formation of BJP government at the Centre. The party’s tally would go up to at least 74 (it got 73 last time) and would not reduce even if the opposition parties unite,” stated Shah.
“Opposition parties might unite and become friends but they would not be in a position to stop the BJP that would have residents of UP on their side,” stated Shah while addressing a gathering of intellectuals at Sur Sadan auditorium in Agra on Thursday. Shah urged intellectuals to question the opposition parties as to why they were getting together without any common ideology.
He applauded the Modi and Yogi regimes for their work, saying this would fetch good results. “The masses in UP would not vote for corrupt and those practicing parivarwad,” he added.
“How can voters trust those who were more worried about their bungalows,” said Shah in a veiled attack on opposition leaders including Akhilesh Yadav.
“The opposition parties are uniting only because they are unable to defeat us on their own. Our party workers would foil every unholy alliance by opposition parties,” said Shah.