BJP trying to topple my govt but it is stable & will complete 5-year term, says Gehlot

JAIPUR/NEW DELHI: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday accused the Opposition BJP of trying to topple his government by offering his legislators large sums of money and said his administration is not just stable but will complete its five-year term. Gehlot alleged at a press conference that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home minister Amit Shah were unable to tolerate him or his government and were therefore planning a conspiracy. Rejecting Gehlot’s allegations, BJP state president Satish Poonia said the political situation in the state was the result of infighting in the Congress and the Chief Minister was just trying to shift the blame.

“BJP leaders are playing the game at the behest of Central

leaders. MLAS were offered money... Rs 10 crore in advance and Rs 15 crore after the government is toppled,” the Chief Minister claimed, a charge denied by the BJP.

He added that the BJP leaders were murdering democracy and wanted to do politics like in a goat market, where the animals are bought and sold. Stepping up the attack against the BJP, the Chief

Minister also named Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria, Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore and BJP state president Poonia and claimed they were carrying out the agenda of the party’s central leadership.

The Chief Minister did not talk logically in his press conference. It is their own infighting but he wants to blame BJP. He is a veteran leader of the Congress and his pain is justified because the Congress has shrunk in the country, Poonia said in response.