Hitting out at the Rajasthan Government led by Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot over the murder of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal, Assam counterpart Himanta
Biswa Sarma said if something like that had happened in his State, he would
have settled scores within five minutes.
Himanta Biswa Sarma was addressing the BJP’s Parivartan Sankalp
Yatra at Nayapura Stadium in Kota.
While blaming the Congress Government for the brutal murder, he said,
“If incident like Kanhaiya Lal’s murder had happened in Assam, I would have
settled the score within five minutes. There would have been another similar
news on television within five minutes but people like Ashok Gehlot are just
sitting on the chair. A lesson needs to be taught immediately.”
Kanhaiya Lal Murder Incident
Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor by profession, was allegedly killed in Udaipur
on charges of insulting Islam in June 2022.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed charges against 11
accused in this case in December last year.
Two of the accused, who were responsible for the heinous act, also
recorded a video of the incident, which sparked outrage across the country.
Both the accused seen in the video were arrested shortly after the incident.
Besides, the Assam Chief Minister predicted a victory of the BJP in
the upcoming Rajasthan polls.
“Hindus do not know to separate the head from the body but they
would certainly do this with the Congress through EVM machines to bring the BJP
in Rajasthan polls,” said CM Himanta.
Annapurna Scheme Not For Poor: Assam CM
CM Himanta alleged that it was a common practice for every Congress
Government to initiate schemes months before elections to gather funds for
covering their electoral expenses.
“I was in Congress for 22 years. The party brings schemes before
the elections and then meets the election expenses through them. Annapurna Food
Packet Scheme is not for the poor but to fill someone’s pocket,” he commented.
CM Himanta continued, “If its purpose is to help poor people, then
why was it not started 5 years ago? People were not getting food during Covid.
All these schemes will stop two days after the elections. With what face will
Rahul Gandhi come to Rajasthan? First he should take a dip in the Ganga,
apologise and only then come to Rajasthan.”
The Annapurna Food Packet scheme, launched by the Gehlot Government
in the poll-bound State on Independence Day this year, provides free monthly food
packets containing essential items from fair-price shops to families covered by
the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
CM Himanta further said, “We are not worried about elections. We
don’t want to please anyone just three months before the elections. If you make
the MLAs sit in a hotel and feed them for 35 days, the MLAs will develop the
habit of eating.”
He continued lashing out at the Rajasthan Government for high rates
of petrol and diesel in the State and stated fuel prices are lower in Assam.
“Looting money from people through higher petrol and diesel prices,
and taking a commission from purchasing food packets and then to launch free
distribution schemes has been a technique of the Congress,” alleged the Assam
CM.
CM Himanta criticised, “It was a political blunder by Ashok Gehlot…
keeping the MLAs in a hotel for 35 days made them aware that the CM could be
blackmailed, and after coming out of the hotel they looted the State for three
years.”
Further condemning the Rajasthan CM, Himanta said, “Gehlot says
that he will not allow Rajasthan to become a Hindu State. But Hindus have been
in Rajasthan for thousands of years. As long as there is the Moon and the Sun,
Rajasthan will remain a Hindu State. The people of Rajasthan did not become
Hindus with the permission of Congress.”
NE Watch Desk
