Rajasthan CM Gehlot not interested in State's development: Union Minister Goyal
The Hindu
Union Minister Piyush Goyal claims Rajasthan CM Gehlot not interested in State's development. Refused to contribute to PM Mitra Park & Railways projects. People have decided to join Modi govt's pace of development. Goyal held interaction with businessmen & students, administered oath to workers & students to serve nation. He slammed party workers who tried to click photo. Interacted with coaching students, said failure is step to success.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is not interested in development of the State and claimed that people who are suffering have made up their mind to change the Congress government.
Mr. Goyal claimed that the Gehlot government refused to contribute to the PM Mitra Park project for a 1,000 acre textile park in the State. Rajasthan CM also refused to contribute to Railways projects in remote areas as well as in tribal areas of the State, he alleged.
“Rajasthan did not show any interest in proposal of PM Mitra Park of 1,000 acres textile park in the State,” Mr. Goyal said.
The Commerce and Industry Minister was speaking to reporters after an interaction with students of a coaching institute in Talwandi area on Sunday evening.
Earlier in the day, he took part in an hour-long "shramdaan" in the district as part of the nationwide 'Swachhata Hi Seva ' campaign.
After the Congress government came to power, CM Gehlot wrote to the Centre and refused to contribute even a single rupee in any of the Centre's scheme, Mr. Goyal said, adding he was very sorry for such approach to development by the Gehlot government.
On possibility of a BJP government in Rajasthan, he said people have made up their mind to join the pace of development by the Narendra Modi-led Central government. There is no leadership issue in Rajasthan BJP, Mr. Goyal said.
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