Udaipur
Under attack over incidents of communal violence in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday accused the BJP of instigating riots on “orders of its high command”, which he said wants to create instability in the state.
Targeting BJP leaders, Gehlot said they are trying to defame the Congress party’s government in the state as they are “unable to digest peace”.
The CM’s statement came as the opposition BJP in the state has relentlessly attacked his government over incidents of communal violence in the state’s Jodhpur, Alwar and Karauli since April 2.
“The BJP is nervous. Therefore, they are instigating riots. When BJP national president J P Nadda Sahab came to Sawai Madhopur even then I had said that he has come to set fire and the violence erupted in Karauli,” he told reporters in Udaipur.
Communal violence had erupted in Karauli on April 2 when a bike rally being taken out by Hindu outfits was pelted with stone while passing through a Muslim-dominated area.
Referring to communal tensions in Jodhpur, he said there was no such issue which could have led to the rioting there.
The BJP is “unable to digest peace” in the state, he alleged.
“They have instructions from their high command to defame the Rajasthan government and create instability as much as they can,” the CM alleged.
