Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on November 23 accused the Opposition BJP of hatching conspiracies to win the Assembly elections in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh by raking up the “red diary” issue and the Mahadev betting app case. Mr. Gehlot said an inquiry should be conducted by a retired judge of the Supreme Court to expose the conspiracy, as the BJP could not prove anything despite using the Central investigating agencies.
Addressing a press conference here on the last day of campaigning for the Rajasthan Assembly election, Mr. Gehlot said about 50 raids were conducted in the State, but no charges could be proved against any politician or bureaucrat. In Chhattisgarh, the conspiracy was aimed at arresting the Chief Minister but it failed, he added.
Mr. Gehlot said the BJP was in a “desperate condition” in Rajasthan after its failure to topple the State government by horse-trading. He said the BJP was giving full-page advertisements in newspapers containing news clippings of crime cases with the intention to mislead people and hatch new conspiracies.
