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Veteran Congress person and erstwhile Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot connected Saturday (February 28, 2026) sought the restoration of the nationalist payment schemes launched by his government, which person been discontinued oregon diluted by the existent Bharatiya Janata Party authorities successful the State. Mr. Gehlot raised the request aft Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sojourn to Ajmer.
Mr. Gehlot, who wrote a missive to Mr. Modi connected this contented up of his visit, said the radical were expecting the Prime Minister to talk connected specified issues of nationalist interest. He pointed retired that Mr. Modi himself had promised, during the State Assembly predetermination run successful 2023, that nary strategy of the Congress authorities would beryllium unopen down if the BJP came to power.
“Do you not privation the full state to person the close to wellness similar Rajasthan? Do you person nary involvement successful revolutionary decisions similar the Gig Workers Welfare Act and the Urban Employment Guarantee?” Mr. Gehlot asked successful a station connected X.
Strict instrumentality connected insubstantial leaks
Mr. Gehlot said the BJP authorities had changed the sanction of the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project, but had failed to bash immoderate enactment connected it. Regarding the occupation of leaked papers successful recruitment exams, helium said the Prime Minister should person praised the State’s stringent instrumentality which includes provisions specified arsenic beingness imprisonment, a good of ₹10 crore, and the confiscation of the culprits’ property.
“Instead of engaging successful authorities to mislead the youth, you should person spoken astir enacting specified a strict instrumentality astatine the Centre. The BJP authorities is not adjacent capable to amusement the courageousness to analyse the OMR expanse scam that occurred during its contiguous tenure,” Mr. Gehlot said.
‘Double zero’
The erstwhile Chief Minister said it would person been amended if Mr. Modi had stood by his warrant fixed during the Assembly predetermination not to discontinue existing payment schemes, and directed CM Bhajan Lal Sharma to restart the closed schemes. “Your hollow slogan of ‘double engine’ is present proving to beryllium ‘double zero’ successful Rajasthan,” Mr. Gehlot remarked.
In his missive to Mr. Modi, Mr. Gehlot had expressed interest implicit the hold successful payments nether wellness security schemes, changes successful the escaped energy scheme, and the discontinuation of Annapurna ration kits arsenic good arsenic the Indira Gandhi recognition paper scheme. Apart from this, respective infrastructure projects successful Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Kota, including hospitals and institutes, had not been operationalised contempt being completed, helium alleged.
