On being asked whether there can be a change of guard in Rajasthan, Gehlot said that it is for the party’s high command to decide New Delhi: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said that he cannot forget those 102 MLAs who saved the Congress government in the 2020... The post appeared first on .

Congress leader Sachin Pilot has denied media reports stating that he told the party high command that Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot should not remain in office if he decides to contest the party presidential poll. Jaipur:  Congress leader Sachin Pilot has denied media reports stating that he told the... The post appeared first on .

Congress leader Sachin Pilot has denied media reports stating that he told the party high command that Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot should not remain in office if he decides to contest the party presidential poll. Jaipur:  Congress leader Sachin Pilot has denied media reports stating that he told the... The post appeared first on .

Udaipur: Over 80 Rajasthan Congress MLAs have resigned from Congress in fresh crisis. They have submitted their resignation letters to Assembly Speaker, CP Joshi. MLA Shobha Rani Kushwaha, was also at CP Joshi’s residence. She was expelled from the BJP for cross-voting in favour of the Congress in this year’s... The post appeared first on .

Udaipur: Over 80 Rajasthan Congress MLAs have resigned from Congress in fresh crisis. They have submitted their resignation letters to Assembly Speaker, CP Joshi. MLA Shobha Rani Kushwaha, was also at CP Joshi’s residence. She was expelled from the BJP for cross-voting in favour of the Congress in this year’s... The post appeared first on .

Udaipur: Over 80 Rajasthan Congress MLAs have resigned from Congress in fresh crisis. They have submitted their resignation letters to Assembly Speaker, CP Joshi. MLA Shobha Rani Kushwaha, was also at CP Joshi’s residence. She was expelled from the BJP for cross-voting in favour of the Congress in this year’s... The post appeared first on .

Jaipur Apr 20 PTI The Rajasthan Police has booked the vice chancellor of a state-run institute and four others for allegedly faking details for a bill to establish a new private university The state government hurriedly withdrew the draft legislation last month when the scandal surfaced Prof Amarika Singh Vice Chancellor of the state governments Mohanlal Sukhadia University in Udaipur and Ranjeet Singh founder trustee of Sikars Gurukul Shikshan Sansthan that came up with the proposal to build the university are among those named in the FIR The three others are Dr Vijay Beniwal Assistant Professor Government Law College in Alwar Prof Jayant Singh of Rajasthan University in Jaipur and Prof Ghanshyam Singh Rathore from Udaipur As per the bill introduced on February 24 the university was proposed to be set up by the Gurukul Shikshan Sansthan in Sikar and the verification of its infrastructure was carried out by the committee headed by Prof Amarika Singh Beniwal Jayant Singh and Ghanshyam Rathore were its members The bill was slated to be passed on March 22 Schedule-I of the bill mentioned that the infrastructure comprised administrative academic blocks and residential blocks with a total built-up area of about 24811 square metres However the state government was compelled to withdraw The Gurukul University Sikar Bill 2022 during the Assembly session on the day it was supposed to be passed after deputy leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore alleged that the infrastructure mentioned in it existed only on papers Following this Speaker CP Joshi sought a factual report from the Sikar collector while the government ordered an inquiry by the Jaipur divisional commissioner On the basis of the probe report the joint secretary of the education department registered a case with Jaipurs Ashok Nagar police station on Monday PTI SDA AG SDA AG CJ CJ

Jaipur Mar 24 PTI The Rajasthan government has decided to conduct a high-level inquiry after facing embarrassment over the withdrawal of a bill that carried false details on the infrastructure of a proposed university The state government had on Tuesday withdrawn the Gurukul University Sikar Bill 2022 after it came to light that the details mentioned in the bill regarding the infrastructure existed only on paper A high-level probe will be conducted and action will be taken against those found guilty the states higher education minister Rajendra Singh Yadav told PTI on Thursday The bill for the establishment of Gurukul University in Sikar was introduced on February 24 and it was scheduled to be passed on Tuesday In Schedule-I of the bill the details of the infrastructure as mentioned comprised administrative blocks 28 academic blocks 155 units and residential blocks with a total built-up area of 2481146 square metres Deputy leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore had alleged that the entire infrastructure mentioned in the bill existed only on paper following which Speaker CP Joshi had sought an immediate factual report from the Sikar collector The collectors report confirmed that there was no infrastructure on the said land following which the higher education minister moved a proposal in the House on Tuesday and the bill was subsequently withdrawn The university was proposed to be set up by Sikar-based trust Gurukul Shikshan Sansthan It was said in the bill that the trust had set up educational infrastructure as specified in Schedule-I on Jaipur Road Sikar and had agreed to invest the said infrastructure in a university for research and studies A committee appointed by the state government consisting of Amarika Singh vice-chancellor of Mohanlal Sukhadia University Udaipur a dean of the same university associate professor University of Rajasthan Jaipur and associate professor Government Law College Alwar had earlier physically verified the infrastructure mentioned in the bill However after the truth came to light a committee member claimed that officials of the Gurukul Shikshan Sansthan had indeed shown them the infrastructure and that they also captured its videos and photographs for veracity We reached the address given to us where the authorities of the trust showed us infrastructure Photos and videos were also taken which we have submitted as records Since there was no revenue official with us it cannot be said whether it was the same land as mentioned in the bill A revenue official can tell this better We gave a report as per the visit Jayant Singh associate professor University of Rajasthantold PTI A Letter of Intent committee had first checked the credentials and submitted a report only after which it was referred to the four-member panel for physical verification of the infrastructure he said The deputy leader of Opposition who had first made the allegation said that he had on March 19 visited the site where the proposed university was said to be built but found that there was no construction As per my experience this is the first time that a bill tabled in the state assembly which was cleared in a cabinet meeting has been withdrawn Serious irregularity has been committed Rathore said PTI SDA CJ CJ

Jaipur Mar 22 PTI The Rajasthan government on Tuesday withdrew a bill which was introduced to set up a private university in Sikar after it came to light that the facts mentioned in the bill regarding the construction of the building were fake Speaker CP Joshi directed the government to prepare a mechanism so that such incidents do not happen in futureThe Gurukul University Sikar Bill 2022 was introduced on February 24 for the establishment of Gurukul University in Sikar It was scheduled to be passed on TuesdayIn schedule-I of the bill the details of infrastructure were given The schedule mentioned an infrastructure of administrative blocks 28 academic block 155 units and residential block with a total built-up area of 2481146 square metresAfter it came to the notice of Speaker CP Joshi and Higher Education Minister Rajendra Yadav that the facts mentioned in the bill regarding the infrastructure were fake and there is no construction on the land as mentioned in the bill a factual report was sought from Sikar collector which verified that there was no constructionThe minister moved a proposal to withdraw the bill Deputy leader of opposition Rajendra Rathore said that he visited the site of the university and found no construction and only vacant landLeader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria said that it was very unfortunate that the bill with such facts reached the stage of passage and had to be withdrawnExpressing serious concern over the issue Speaker CP Joshi directed the government to take it seriously and develop a mechanism to check such matters PTI SDA CK