Ashok Gehlot not in control of state, alleges sacked minister

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Gudha on Saturday stepped up his attack on Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, alleging he is no longer in control in the state which is leading in crimes against women. Congress in charge for Rajasthan Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that the one who does not follow the ideology of the Congress has no place in the party and the decision to sack Gudha was a «collective» decision. But a defiant Gudha again accused the Gehlot government of failing to check crime against women.

«Nothing will happen by sacking Rajendra Gudha. Create a sense of security in sisters and daughters. There is an atmosphere of anarchy in the state.

The home department is with the chief minister who is sitting with a bandage on his feet,» the MLA from Udaipurwati said in Jhunjhunu. He said that the chief minister is not in control of the state and the government is not able to protect girls and women. While Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot parried questions on the sacking of the minister, saying it was an internal matter of the party, the opposition BJP targeted the Congress.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur said that on the instructions of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, Gehlot sacked the minister for expressing concern over crimes against women in the state. «Will Chief Minister Gehlot tender his resignation when his own minister says that the chief minister has lost his 'iqbal' (authority), when in his home district, a woman is murdered and burnt, and when five km away from his residence a woman is raped and left to die?» he asked. «This is a question for (Congress chief Mallikarjun) Kharge and Gandhi parivaar leaders,» he said and asked if they have «forgotten their responsibility».