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Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot alleged connected Sunday (February 8, 2026) that the accused successful the 2022 Kanhaiyalal execution lawsuit successful Rajasthan's Udaipur are BJP workers and claimed that contempt it being an "open-and-shut" case, the victim's household is awaiting justness for astir 4 years.
Reacting to a connection made by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman successful Parliament, the erstwhile Rajasthan Chief Minister said her remarks suggesting that nary enactment was taken successful the lawsuit were "factually incorrect and misleading".
He said the Rajasthan Police had taken swift enactment and arrested the assailants wrong hours of the killing, aft which the BJP-led Centre got the probe transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
"From 2022 till 2026, Kanhaiyalal's household has been waiting for justice," Mr. Gehlot said. The seasoned Congress person said helium has repeatedly asked Union Home Minister Amit Shah astir the presumption of the lawsuit and erstwhile the accused would beryllium punished, but received nary wide response.
He said nationalist apprehension is increasing owed to the hold successful meting retired punishment to the accused and alleged that this is happening due to the fact that they are associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Mr. Gehlot said the contented was politicised with "false claims" during elections, portion successful reality, the victim's household had received ₹50 lakh arsenic compensation and authorities jobs for some sons. "The state is watching each this and accountability volition beryllium fixed erstwhile the clip comes," the Congress person said.
