Cong departure from Rajasthan necessary for quick implementation of govt schemes: PM Modi
Jaipur (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that his guarantee outweighs all "false promises" made by the Congress, and asked the people of Rajasthan to wipe out the Ashok Gehlot government to free the state from oppression and corruption.
Modi's guarantee, he said, begins from where the hope from Congress for welfare of poor and public ends.
Addressing a public meeting in Dungarpur district, he said democracy has given the people of Rajasthan an opportunity to end the misrule of the Congress government and they should not let this opportunity go.
"Wipe out Congress and free Rajasthan from riots, crimes and corruption. Congress departure is also necessary for quick implementation of Centre's schemes," he said.
He said that Congress government has "committed scam" in every government recruitment in Rajasthan.
"There is such a business between Congress leaders and their close ones that their children became officers and your children are selectively thrown out," he said.
He said people of Rajasthan should note it down that the Gehlot government will not return in the state.
Rajasthan goes to polls on November 25 and the results will be declared on December 3.
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Bengaluru: KAS officer, driver caught in Rs 30 lakh bribe case
Bengaluru: Lokayukta police have arrested a KAS officer and his driver for allegedly demanding and accepting a Rs 30 lakh bribe to pass a favourable order in a pending RRT case.
The accused have been identified as Nagaprashanth (KAS), serving as Special Assistant Commissioner (North) and Special Land Acquisition Officer-1, KIADB, and Kumar, a driver associated with his office, Deccan Herald reported.
Based on a complaint by Ravi Kumar, a resident of Attur in Yelahanka, Lokayukta team laid a trap.
According to investigators, the accused had demanded Rs 30 lakh, of which Rs 15 lakh was allegedly collected earlier by the driver on the officer’s instructions.
On Wednesday, the driver was caught red-handed while accepting the remaining Rs 15 lakh, leading to the arrest of both him and the officer.
Both accused have been taken into custody, and further investigation is underway.
