Rajasthan government's policies encourage extremists, says BJP

Attacking the Congress over the murder of a tailor in Rajasthan, the BJP has said that the Udaipur killing was an act of terrorism and that the policies of Rajasthan’s Congress-led government has enabled them.

Senior leader Rajyavardhan Rathore alleged that the Congress has allowed Rajasthan to become a ‘Talibani state’. “Rajasthan is on the way to becoming a Talibani state under Congress rule. The appeasement of Muslims by Congress has increased the audacity of the ‘jihadis’ to such an extent that they are openly killing Hindus and threatening the Prime Minister,” Rathore, MP from Jaipur Rural, said.

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“The Chief Minister of Rajasthan called this incident a murder; This is not a murder, this is a terrorist attack. The act was filmed to terrorise people,” he added.

Union minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said this was a result of “the policy of appeasement”. “This incident is part of a conspiracy to terrorise the civilised society. Gehlot cannot get away by making flat statements,” Shekhawat, who too is an MP from Rajasthan, said.

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Earlier in the day leaders of the BJP as well as VHP leaders said they will congregate at Jantar Mantar in the evening to protest. Kapil Mishra said that the march will be to pay tribute to Kanhaiya Lal, the deceased tailor. The Delhi Police, however, denied permission.

Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, who is a Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan, said that the brutal murder shows that the Ashok Gehlot government is running a ‘jungle raj’.

“This is what happens when a dispensation makes appeasement its governance model. Reprehensible state of affairs,” Yadav said.