Jaipur Dec 27 PTI Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said the state government will give relief to poor farmers by bringing a one-time scheme to waive crop loans taken from nationalised banks Proposals have been sent to nationalised banks in this regard and the banks should extend necessary cooperation to the state government in loan waiver of farmers he said while addressing a meeting of the State Level Bankers Committee SLBC and a seminar of the NABARD through video conferenceIn an one-time loan waiver scheme recently introduced by the State Bank of India SBI agricultural loans classified as non-performing asset NPA were waived Ninety per cent of the loan was waived by the bank while 10 per cent was given by the farmer Gehlot saidOn the lines of this scheme other banks should also bring relief to poor farmers he saidThe chief minister said that the state government is ready to give 10 per cent of the farmers share in this according to an official releaseHe said that several efforts have been made by the state government in the last three years to provide relief to the common man and to maintain the pace of developmentGehlot informed that loans of Rs 14000 crore from cooperative banks have been waived so far The farmers loans from nationalised banks declared NPA on November 20 2018 are yet to be waived PTI SDA ANB ANB

Jaipur Dec 27 PTI Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister and Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday unveiled a statue of a soldier who was killed in the line of dutyHe also addressed a mass gathering in Alwars Bansur area during which he tied a 52-metre long safa or turban within minutesPilot was received by the local people and leaders in Mugalpura where he unveiled the statue of soldier Hansraj GurjarPaying tributes to martyrs Pilot said that soldiers make the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty PTI SDA ANB ANB

Jaipur Dec 27 PTI Only those who stick to their ideology make a mark in politics and those who change their ideology for the greed of power is not a leader at all Congress general secretary Ajay Maken observed on Monday Maken the political affairs in-charge of the Rajasthan Congress made the observation in a reminder of the states former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilots failed rebellion against the Ashok Gehlot government He however did not take anyones name while making his observation Addressing a three-day training camp of Rajasthan Congress Maken said In politics only those people find their place who stay with their ideology throughout their life Those who change their ideology for power and out of greed are neither leaders nor a fit human being Maken said while addressing the session on its second day Striking a personal note Maken said he became bound to the Congress ideology while working for the partys students wing National Students Union of India at the age of 18 and attending its training camps The relationship has been for a lifetime he added He said during the training camps one gets an opportunity to understand and assimilate the Congress ideology Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee chief Govind Singh Dotasara who too addressed the session sought to encourage the participants to strengthen the party without any selfishness Describing the sessions participants as the heirs of the legacy of the great men of the country Dotasara said sticking with ideology is more important than any greed for power and position Earlier in the first session of the camp the party leader Mohan Prakash also spoke on the ideology of the Congress party PTI SDA RAX RAX

Jaipur Dec 27 PTI A police constable was suspended after a tribal woman accused him of molesting and harassing her in Rajasthans Udaipur district police said Constable Jitendra and Assistant Sub-Inspector Rajkumar of Panarwa police station had allegedly taken the woman her parents and another man to Gujarat in a private vehicle on Friday in connection with a probe over the missing of a girl they said Police suspected that the woman knew about the whereabouts of the girl who has been missing for about four years Jitendra and Rajkumar took the woman along with others to Gujarat without a lady constable on Friday according to the complaint filed by the women with the police Before travelling to Gujarat the woman and her parents were kept at a police post on Thursday night during which she was molested by Jitendra it stated They returned on Saturday and informed local people about the matter who went to the police station to register a case However the case could be registered only after the intervention of local MLA Babu Lal on Sunday evening The constable has been suspended Action was also taken against the SHO and the ASI of Panarwa police station for negligence and they were sent to police lines Superintendent of Police Udaipur Manoj Chaudhary said A police officer confirmed that the woman was kept at the police post at night and she along with her parents was taken to Gujarat in connection with the missing complaint without a lady constable BJP MLA from Jhadol Babu Lal alleged that besides molesting the tribal woman the accused constable also beat her and her father at the police post The police did not register the case initially and I had to intervene to get it registered They woman and her parents were taken to Gujarat in the private SUV of the constable and there was no lady constable with them The woman was kept at the police chowky at night Police have violated many rules he said PTI SDA AQS AQS