JAIPUR: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday called the Modi-government ‘dictatorial’ for its insensitivity towards farmers and the illegal detention of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh.
Addressing a protest rally against Lakhimpur violence at the PCC office in Jaipur, Gehlot said people who ask where is the Congress should know “it is in every house and village of the country.” “The DNA of Congress and India is same,” he said claiming that Modi's graph is on the decline and people will bring back Congress in the next election.
“Fascist forces will come and vanish, but Congress has been running since the time of Mahatma Gandhi,” he said.
“The graph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is coming down and people have understood that there is a difference in his words and deeds,” the chief minister said.
Following the AICC’s coordinated protests on the Lakhimpur issue, Punjab CM’s visit to Jaipur and Gehlot’s cabinet meeting were called off on Tuesday. Former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot demanded a probe into violence in Lakhimpur Kheri by a sitting judge of the Supreme court.
“The inquiry should be conducted by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court because people have no trust that the state agencies will get them justice in the matter,” Pilot said during his Tonk visit. Gehlot hit out at BJP governments at the Centre and in UP on Tuesday over the killing of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri, saying democracy was under "threat" in the country.
Gehlot said the video of the incident shared by Priyanka Gandhi is sufficient to substantiate the charges but no arrests have been made.
Priyanka on Tuesday shared a video which showed a group of protesting farmers being mowed down by an SUV. "The situation is dreadful. What happened in Lakhimpur Kheri is not a small thing; this has shaken the whole country," Gehlot said. The senior Congress leader urged people to come forward as democracy was under "threat" in the country.
