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NEW DELHI: Former Rajasthan main curate Ashok Gehlot connected Sunday launched a crisp onslaught connected the BJP, accusing it of practising authorities successful the sanction of religion, undermining antiauthoritarian institutions and utilizing cardinal agencies against governmental opponents. Speaking astatine an grant ceremonial successful Jaipur, the elder Congress person said the Constitution does not licence authorities based connected religion and claimed that erstwhile Prime Minister Indira Gandhi would person banned specified a enactment if she were successful powerfulness today.Targeting the BJP's ideological approach, Gehlot alleged that the enactment was mobilising radical successful the sanction of Hindutva for electoral gains and was straying from the law rule of adjacent rights for each faiths."The Constitution gives adjacent rights to each religions. Religion should not beryllium utilized arsenic a governmental tool," helium said.Gehlot besides took purpose astatine the Election Commission, alleging that it was functioning arsenic an cause of the BJP.
He further claimed that antiauthoritarian institutions, including the judiciary, were nether unit and accused the Centre of utilizing agencies specified arsenic the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Income Tax Department to people governmental rivals.The Congress seasoned alleged that the BJP was weakening antiauthoritarian institutions and voting rights, informing that specified actions would disproportionately impact poorer sections of society.
Escalating his criticism, Gehlot described the ideological positions of the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) arsenic dangerous. He besides accused the ruling enactment of selectively invoking nationalist icons for governmental purposes."The BJP invokes leaders specified arsenic Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel for governmental purposes portion ignoring their values," helium said.Gehlot further questioned the BJP's committedness to inclusivity, pointing to the lack of Muslim BJP MPs successful the Lok Sabha.
He claimed that elder leaders specified arsenic Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Shahnawaz Hussain had been sidelined wrong the party.Looking up to nationalist politics, Gehlot said Indian authorities should germinate into a nonstop contention betwixt Congress person Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He urged determination parties to rally down Gandhi, saying helium was efficaciously raising nationalist concerns some wrong and extracurricular Parliament.The erstwhile main curate besides criticised the BJP authorities successful Rajasthan, alleging a diminution successful governance and claiming that radical crossed the authorities were facing h2o and electricity-related problems without an capable administrative response.Calling connected younger generations to enactment successful nationalist life, Gehlot urged younker to participate authorities and play an progressive relation successful protecting antiauthoritarian values.
