Jaipur Dec 30 PTI BJP leaders on Thursday asked its frontal organisations to intensify movement against the Congress government in Rajasthan on issues like farmers loan waiver and law and order A meeting of state executives of various Morchas was held in Bharatpur which was addressed by union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and other state leaders Speaking at the meeting Arun Singh national general secretary and party In-charge for Rajasthan said the condition of the Gehlot government is pathetic alleging there is jungle raj in the state under its rule He said crimes against women are on the rise and question papers of competitive exams were leaked but no action was taken by the government Singh called the Congress a confused party State president Satish Poonia alleged that the Congress government failed in delivering good governance and that the law and order has deteriorated under its rule He said the party failed to fulfil its promises of waiving loans of farmers and giving jobs to the unemployed Complete loan waiver for farmers recruitment deteriorating law and order are major issues of the state and Congress will be out of power in Rajasthan forever in 2023 Poonia said He also asked the party workers to highlight the Modi governments schemes and policies among the people PTI SDA VN VN

Jaipur Dec 30 PTI Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday announced conducting of Rajasthan Eligibility Examination of Teachers REET May next year to recruit about 20000 teachers in the state The decision was taken at a review meeting of the education department chaired by Gehlot in the evening He announced the decision in a tweet after the meeting He also directed state officers to prepare an action plan to solve the problems of para-teachers madarsa para-teachers and panchayat assistants keeping in mind the decisions of the Supreme Court Earlier in the day para-teachers hired on contract who have been holding a dharna at Shaheed Smarak in Jaipur for the last several days demanding regularisation tried to move towards Delhi to press for their demands Force was used to prevent the agitators from moving forward A senior police officer said that the teachers wanted to go to the national capital rolling on the road but were deterred from doing so The agitators said they will move to Delhi from Shaheed smarak by rolling We did not allow this the officer said The agitators were pushed back towards the dharna site and additional force was deployed in the area to maintain law and order the officer said The para-teachers have alleged that their demand for regularisation has been ignored by the state government forcing them to decide to go to Delhi and hold a protest outside the Congress office REET-2021 was conducted in September to fill around 31000 posts of teachers REET candidates have been demanding from the state government to increase the number of posts to 50000 PTI SDA VN VN

Jaipur Dec 30 PTI Paediatrician Kafeel Khan who was dismissed last month over the death of children at Gorakhpurs BRD Medical College and Hospital on Thursday said he is ready to campaign for any party that can defeat the BJP in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly pollsKhan who was here to launch his book about the 2017 hospital tragedy also made it clear that he will not contest the elections due early next yearHis book is titled The Gorakhpur Hospital Tragedy A Doctors Memoir of a Deadly Medical CrisisAccording to Khan the book talks about the 2017 incident in detail and gives the version of the family members of those who died at the hospital due to oxygen shortageSpeaking to reporters Khan said I am not going to contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections but I will campaign for any political party that can defeat Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the BJP I was dismissed from service despite the high court staying my second suspension By terminating me ahead of the elections Yogi Adityanath himself wants to create an issue Yogi Adityanath is not good enough to be the chief minister he said adding that he will challenge his dismissalKhan claimed it is a coincidence that his book is being released ahead of the Uttar Pradesh pollsHe exuded confidence that the book will have an impact on the state electionsHe claimed more than 5000 copies of his book have been sold in the last 15 daysHe also said he is planning to set up a hospital in Rajasthan that will provide free treatment to children and that he will seek land for it from the state governmentKhan hit the headlines in 2017 after 70 children died at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College and Hospital in Gorakhpur due to the shortage of oxygenInitially he was hailed as a saviour for arranging emergency oxygen cylinders but later faced action along with nine other doctors and staff members of the hospitalKhan alleged that an institutional failure had led to the deaths of the childrenHe was sacked by the Uttar Pradesh government last month after being found guilty in a probe into the circumstances that led to the deaths of children in the hospital PTI SDA DIV DIV

Jaipur Dec 30 PTI Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said the more PM Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah campaign in Uttar Pradesh the less will be the BJPs chances of winning the Assembly polls there The CM also questioned Modis silence over hate speeches in Haridwar and Raipur recently asking why has he not condemned the acts Commenting on the BJPs election campaign in UP Gehlot said the prime minister and the home minister have left all work and camping in UP They first faced a debacle in West Bengal and I think that the more they will do campaigning the less will be chances of their win as people understand everything he said Questioning the PMs silence over hate speeches Gehlot said The message of the prime minister matters Why does the prime minister not appeal He should have condemned what happened in dharma sansad Haridwar and in Raipur On one hand you are adopting Gandhi and on the other you are saying nothing on the kind of words which have been used about Mahatma These two things cannot go along he said addressing the media Commenting on the arrest of Hindu religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj for allegedly praising Mahatma Gandhis killer Nathuram Godse in Raipur Gehlot said people dare to say such things when such kind of atmosphere exists in the country He said the situation in the country is dangerous and there is a need for correcting it The Congress as the Opposition has been doing its duty and Rahul Gandhi has been taking up all issues be it inflation unemployment or coronavirus vaccine and it is the responsibility of the ruling party to respect sentiments of the Opposition in the interest of all he said Gehlot said the country will move forward only when there is unity brotherhood and harmony and the biggest responsibility to ensure this lies with the Union government The opposition is fulfilling its duty Rahul Gandhi is the person who had warned the government on coronavirus in February last year He talked about vaccines inflation unemployment and other issues It is the responsibility of the party in power to respect sentiments of the Opposition in the interest of their own party government and the country he said Gehlot also expressed concern over rising number of coronavirus cases and appealed to people to follow guidelines to stay safe from the infection PTI SDA RDK RDK