‘Gehlot govt blocking central schemes’

Jaipur: Union minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday accused the Gehlot government of obstructing central government schemes in the state for political gains at the cost of the welfare of people.
In a press conference held at Kotputli in Jaipur, he said, “The union government approved a Rs 5,782-crore scheme to bring water from the Chambal to Alwar, but they (state) stalled it.They have written a letter to the union government refusing to acquire land for a major railway project, and have been fostering corruption in the work of pipelines under the Centre’s Jal Jeevan Mission.” Goyal is in the state on a two-day visit to mark nine years of PM Narendra Modi’s government in Delhi.
Calling the recent schemes and announcements made by the Gehlot government misleading, he said, “The announcements made months before the assembly elections are no less than a drama or political stunt. They did not do anything in the last five years and now they are misleading our lower- and middle-income level families by making such promises. People of Rajasthan are known for their intelligence and smartness; I am sure they will not fall into the trap of these promises.”
He termed the schemes akin to distributing ‘revadis’ to the public to hide the government’s failures.
“They made a bunch of promises which might have attracted people to vote for them in the 2018 elections, but their ,promises like unemployment allowance and loan waiver for farmers, turned out to be white lies,” Goyal said. On the ED raids, Goyal said, “If the Gehlot government is clean, where is the need to fear? However, the way they have reacted to the raids shows something is fishy.”