Raje’s Gaurav Yatra: 40 days, 165 assembly seats, 6,054 kms
: Chief minister Vasundhara Raje’s Gaurav Yatra, which begins from August 4, will pass through 165 assembly constituencies with public meetings at 135 locations and cover a total distance of 6,054 km.
The 40-day yatra will begin from Charbhuja temple in Rajsamand district and will end at Pushkar on September 30, said state home minister Gulab Chand Kataria, who is the convenor of the yatra.
Kataria said the Raje will first visit the Charbhuja temple and from there will go to the JK Stadium in Kankroli where a public meeting is scheduled.
BJP national president Amit Shah will flag off the yatra while Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to be present at the conclusion.
The yatra’s duration will be seven days each in Jodhpur, Ajmer and Udaipur divisions, six days in Bikaner division, four days each in Kota and Bharatpur division and five days in Jaipur division. The cost of the yatra will be borne by the BJP.
He said MP and MLAs will tour their respective constituencies ahead of the yatra to take stock of the preparations. The 35 assemblies left out of the yatra will be covered at a later stage.
Kataria said the BJP government through its work has brought glory to Rajasthan. “We have worked to bring Rajasthan out of the BIMARU state category and brought it in line with leading states in the country. We will give an account of our work to the people,” he said.
State BJP president Madan Lal Saini said that the party is going between the people with achievements of the state and central governments. “We have worked to strengthen the organisation with the appointment of vistarkas who will work in 197 assembly constituencies for the assembly and general elections. Now we will go to seek people’s support on the basis of the work done by our government.”
‘RAHUL GANDHI’S TEMPLE VISITS WILL BRING HIM SADBUDDHI’
: Taking a dig at Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s temple run during Gujarat and Karnataka assembly elections, Rajasthan home minister Gulab Chand Kataria on Tuesday said the temple visits would endow him with good sense.
Kataria’s comment came when he was asked about temple visits by Gandhi during the Gujarat and Karnataka assembly elections and the proposed visits in Rajasthan.
“They (Congress) have been forced to learn from us. So far they had only been maligning temples. Now, Rahul too is visiting temples, which is a good sign, it will confer sadbuddhi (good sense) on him,” Kataria replied.
Asked about AICC national general secretary (organisation) Ashok Gehlot’s observation that the yatra is a kuraj (bad governance) yatra as there has been no development in the state under the BJP, Kataria said, “I invite Gehlot to compare Congress’s 50 years of governance with our four years. There is no comparison between the work they have done and the work we have done.”
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OTHER STATES SHOULD CONSIDER NRC, SAYS KATARIA
Supporting the National Register for Citizens exercise being conducted by the Assam government, Kataria said others states should follow suit to identify illegal residents.
“There can be anti-nationals residing in our areas and such an exercise can help us identify them,” Kataria told reporters here.
He said there was no strong law to deal with Bangladeshis living here illegally. “With regard to Pakistanis, there are strict visa rules but we don’t have a powerful law with regard to Bangladeshis living illegally in India. We just push them back from wherever they are found.”
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