Rajasthan CM campaigns in several States for BJP, draws flak from Congress
The HinduThe Bharatiya Janata Party has deployed Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma for campaigning in other States extensively after the two-phase polling in the State ended on April 26. His ‘absence’ from Rajasthan has drawn flak from the Opposition, with veteran Congress leader and former CM Ashok Gehlot saying the Chief Minister should stop his “India tour” going on for the last six months and look into the grievances of the people of Rajasthan. “The BJP had promised 24-hour domestic power supply on page number 15 in its manifesto for the Assembly election,” he said, rejecting Mr. Sharma’s recent claim that the newly elected BJP government had fulfilled 45% of its manifesto promises as “completely baseless”. Delhi speeches Addressing a public meeting at Moti Nagar in New Delhi in support of BJP candidate Bansuri Swaraj on Monday, the Rajasthan CM attacked the Congress, saying the Opposition party represented the stream of “nepotism, appeasement and corruption”. While exuding confidence that the BJP would win all the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, Mr. Sharma also targeted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying the people of the national capital had realised the “drama of Aam Aadmi Party”.