<p class="bodytext">The BJP on Sunday sought an inquiry after an audio clip in which a Rajasthan minister is allegedly heard using a casteist slur against a Congress worker surfaced on social media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the purported conversation over the phone, Rajasthan Sports Minister Ashok Chandna is allegedly heard using a casteist slur against Congress worker Raju Gurjar over the ticket for the panchayat polls in Bundi district and dared him to contest the elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The casteist slur has been made at the end of the conversation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chandna could not be reached for comments while the opposition BJP has demanded an inquiry into the issue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“An inquiry into the matter should be ordered and if it is the voice of the minister, he should be sacked,” BJP spokesperson Ramlal Sharma said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Congress worker Raju said he was threatened by the minister on November 8 for demanding the ticket for the Panchayat elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“I had been working for the party for the past 17 years and demanded the ticket for the elections of the panchayat samiti member from Ward No.5 of Nainwa in Bundi. I texted the minister seeking an update on it but he lost his cool. He called back and threatened me,” Gurjar alleged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gurjar is now contesting the elections as an Independent candidate. The polling in Nainwa will take place on November 27.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chandna represents the Hindoli (Bundi) assembly constituency of Rajasthan.</p>
<p class="bodytext">The BJP on Sunday sought an inquiry after an audio clip in which a Rajasthan minister is allegedly heard using a casteist slur against a Congress worker surfaced on social media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the purported conversation over the phone, Rajasthan Sports Minister Ashok Chandna is allegedly heard using a casteist slur against Congress worker Raju Gurjar over the ticket for the panchayat polls in Bundi district and dared him to contest the elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The casteist slur has been made at the end of the conversation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chandna could not be reached for comments while the opposition BJP has demanded an inquiry into the issue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“An inquiry into the matter should be ordered and if it is the voice of the minister, he should be sacked,” BJP spokesperson Ramlal Sharma said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Congress worker Raju said he was threatened by the minister on November 8 for demanding the ticket for the Panchayat elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“I had been working for the party for the past 17 years and demanded the ticket for the elections of the panchayat samiti member from Ward No.5 of Nainwa in Bundi. I texted the minister seeking an update on it but he lost his cool. He called back and threatened me,” Gurjar alleged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gurjar is now contesting the elections as an Independent candidate. The polling in Nainwa will take place on November 27.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chandna represents the Hindoli (Bundi) assembly constituency of Rajasthan.</p>