'Gehlot govt's Bofors moment': BJP on sacked Rajasthan minister Rajendra Singh Gudha's ‘Red Dairy’ revelations
Rajasthan News: The mess that the Congress leader and chief minister Ashok Gehlot's cabinet has been witnessing since they sacked state minister and Congress leader Rajendra Singh Gudha, has seen a new update wherein Gudha reportedly published three pages of the ‘Red Dairy’. The three pages of the ‘Red Dairy’ that Gudha has leaked allegedly has information of corruption in the Rajasthan Cricket Association.
Notably, the Rajasthan Cricket Association is headed by CM Ashok Gehlot's son Vaibhav Gehlot. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) would not let this opportune got un-noticed, especially considering the Rajasthan Assembly elections are scheduled to be held later this year, BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi at a press conference said, “The 'red diary' is revealing the doings of not just Rajasthan CM but also his son...This is Bofors moment for the Rajasthan government because the allegations are by the government itself...".
Asserting that whenever BJP raises allegations against Congress and other Oppositions are not "baseless", Trivedi said, "In 2G (scam), there was a report of Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) and an observation of court. During Bofors, (former Prime Minister) Rajiv Gandhi's minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh levelled the same allegations.
Today Rajendra Gudha levelled allegations against its own government led by Ashok Gehlot. So I can say that this is going to be a Bofors moment for the Rajasthan government." Notably, the BJP is leaving no stones unturned to win the upcoming elections in Rajasthan, where Congress is the ruling dispensation.
For clarity - Bofors is a 40-millimeter automatic gun used chiefly as an anti-aircraft weapon. The BJP called Gudha's accusation as a Bofor's moment because the allegations
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