“I will not allow the future of our youths to be destroyed by the man who claims to be working for your welfare as your representative,” Subhash Maharia, former Union Minister, declared at an election meeting in Khuri Bari village of Lachhmangarh constituency on Tuesday. Mr. Maharia, the BJP candidate for the Rajasthan Assembly election, knew where to hit during the ongoing controversy over the government recruitment exam paper leaks.
Pradesh Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra is in a vulnerable position on his home turf following the raids conducted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on his premises in Jaipur and Sikar as part of probe into money laundering in the paper leak case. The three-time MLA from Lachhmangarh is facing some tough questions from the electorate.
A three-time BJP MP from Sikar, Mr. Maharia had joined the Congress in 2016 and left it in May this year to rejoin the BJP. He has used the ED raids at Mr. Dotasra’s houses as well as the ED’s summons to his two sons, one of whom is associated with the thriving coaching industry in Sikar, to target him. “Let an explanation come from him. This is a major scam,” Mr. Maharia said, as the audience clapped.
