Congress Chief Whip’s remarks against Shekhawat create a flutter
The Hindu
BJP hits back saying ‘a new low in politics in the State’
The remarks of Congress Chief Whip in Rajasthan Assembly Mahesh Joshi describing Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat as a ‘fugitive’ created a flutter in the political circles here on Thursday. In its sharp reaction, the Opposition BJP said the ruling party’s leaders were touching a new low in politics in the State. Mr. Joshi, who was summoned by the Delhi police crime branch to appear before it for questioning in a phone tapping case registered on Mr. Shekhawat’s complaint, said it was the Union Minister who was running away from giving voice samples to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for a probe into the audio clips of conversation about toppling the State government last year. “If Mr. Shekhawat is clean, then why is he running away? He is a fugitive on moral grounds. He should appear before the ACB and give his voice samples,” Mr. Joshi told reporters outside the PCC headquarters here. After his remarks, the Congress workers started shouting slogans against Mr. Shekhawat, calling him a ‘bhagoda’ (fugitive). Mr. Shekhawat is the Lok Sabha MP elected from Jodhpur.More Related News