Rajasthan crisis: 2 FIRs lodged over audio clips
Jaipur/New Delhi, July 18
Rajasthan Police’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case in connection with two audio clips of conversations purportedly regarding a “conspiracy” to topple the Ashok Gehlot government.
ACB Director General Alok Tripathi on Saturday said the FIR was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act on a complaint by Congress chief whip Mahesh Joshi on Friday. In the FIR, details of conversations of rebel Congress MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma with Sanjay Jain and Union minister Gajendra Singh are mentioned. While the Congress alleged that Sanjay Jain was a BJP leader, the saffron party rejected the allegation, saying he had no connection with the BJP. “We will send the audio clips to the Forensic Science Laboratory for testing,” the police official told reporters.
Why drag the bjp?
There is no point in trying to drag the BJP and its leaders’ names through the mud! —Vasundhara Raje, Former Chief Minister
Prior to the ACB, the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Rajasthan Police had registered two FIRs on Friday morning and arrested Sanjay Jain in connection with one case on Friday night. Jain’s name had surfaced in a viral audio recording about alleged horse-trading of legislators to topple the Congress government in Rajasthan.
BSP for Prez rule
The Governor must take cognisance of the political instability and recommend President’s rule. —Mayawati, BSP Supremo
Senior state BJP leader Vasundahra Raje, meanwhile, today broke her silence on the Congress imbroglio. She alleged it was unfortunate that the people were paying for the discord within the ruling party.
“At a time when Covid-19 has claimed more than 500 lives and positive cases are close to 28,000… locusts are attacking farmers’ fields… crimes against women are at an all-time high… And I’m only naming a few of the problems faced by our people…. (The Congress should) Think of the people,” she tweeted.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra accused Gehlot of manufacturing lies and undertaking illegal measures like phone-tapping to save his government. He demanded a CBI probe. — TNS/PTI
