Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday brought up the gruesome 2022 murder of a tailor in Udaipur in an apparent jab at the Ashok Gehlot administration’s ability in maintaining law and order.
“What happened in Udaipur, had anyone even considered that such a thing might occur? The murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal at his shop in Udaipur in July of last year was referenced by the prime minister. “People came to get clothes stitched, then slit the throat and shared a video of the act,” he said.
The tailor had received threats for supporting Nupur Sharma, a former BJP spokesperson who was sacked by the party after her comments on Prophet Muhammad sparked a massive row. On 28 June last year, Gos Mohammad and Riyaz visited Kanhaiya Lal’s shop as customers. They killed him there, recorded a video gloating about the heinous crime, and shared it online.
The Prime Minister was addressing a rally in Chittorgarh this afternoon after laying foundation stone for projects worth Rs 7,000 crore in the poll-bound state.
Congress had formed the government in Rajasthan by “misleading” people but failed to run it properly as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was “busy saving his chair”, he said. The remark was a swipe at the infighting between the rival Congress camps led by Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot, whose rebellion almost toppled the state government in 2020.
The Prime Minister said Gehlot had already “accepted defeat”. “Gehlot has accepted defeat, and is requesting BJP to not stop schemes. I assure that no public scheme will be stopped. BJP will not stop any public scheme but try to improve it, this is Modi’s guarantee,” he said.
Addressing a gathering last week, Gehlot had said the Prime Minister had said the Prime Minister should guarantee that the schemes of the Congress government will not be discontinued if the BJP comes to power in the polls due later this year.
The Prime Minister also responded to the buzz around the BJP’s face for the Assembly polls. The BJP’s Rajasthan unit has rival camps led by veterans such as Vasundhara Raje and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
