Jaipur Mar 31 PTI Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday expressed concern over deaths in police custody and asked district superintendents of police to ensure that no custodial deaths take place in their jurisdictions Addressing a meeting of the states top police officials including inspector generals of police and superintendents of police Gehlot also asked them to ensure that policemen do not have links with criminals The chief minister asked the top police brass to take strict action against any police personnel found having any connivance with anti-social elements or criminals a government statement said He urged the police officers to ensure prompt and fair action in each case saying no person is above the law Warning policemen against being negligent in their duty the chief minister said it is the primary duty of the police to bring justice to victims He said strict action should be ensured against hardcore criminals and organized crimes He said the state government is strengthening and modernizing the police department with commitment There is no shortage of resources Now it becomes the responsibility of the police to curb crime in the state and provide speedy justice to victims he said Speaking on the occasion Minister of State for Home Rajendra Yadav asked police officials to work systematically to check the illegal smuggling of arms and illegal drug trade from neighbouring states PTI AG RAX RAX

Jaipur Mar 28 PTI Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday hosted a dinner for MLAs at his official residence in the Civil Lines hereThe dinner was attended by over 160 legislators with their family members Deputy Chief Whip Mahendra Chaudhary saidThe chief minister organised the get-together and dinner after the conclusion of the state budget session on MondayLeader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria deputy leader of opposition Rajendra Rathore BJP MLAs Vasudev Devnani Anita Bhadel and several other legislators attended the dinnerHowever former deputy chief ministerand Tonk MLASachin Pilot was not present at the dinner sources said Rajasthan has 200 MLAs PTI SDA ANB ANB ANB

Jaipur Jan 28 PTI Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said district superintendents of police should play a positive role in strengthening the law and order situation at grassroots level with the vision of providing justice to every victim He said effective surveillance should be ensured at the levels of police stations and outposts in districts and pro-active policing should make the state a leader in crime control Gehlot made the remarks while addressing a meeting of inspector generals and district superintendents He said it was a matter of satisfaction that due to different innovations there was a significant decline in the average time-taken to dispose of cases of POCSO Act women atrocities and SCST harassment The chief minister said the time taken to probe rape cases was 211 days in 2018 which came down to 86 days in 2021 Last year conviction was achieved in 510 cases of POCSO Act out of which death sentence was given in four cases and life imprisonment in 35 cases He said the state government has set up reception rooms in police stations with the aim of making police work modern people-friendly and added that the post of additional superintendents of police was created in every district for prevention and effective research of crimes against women mandatory FIR registration He directed that in police stations where reception rooms have not been built this work should be completed soon The district superintendent of police should inspect the reception rooms so that the intention with which they have been constructed can be fulfilled Gehlot directed them to adopt innovation for effective prevention of cyber economic and other crimes committed by misuse of technology He asked to take up on priority incidents of death in police custody rape crimes against children atrocities on women etc In such cases immediately inform the media about the situation so that law and order is not disturbed he added PTI AG AAR AAR

Jaipur Jan 24 PTI To make the prices of agricultural produce more competitive online trade in mandis and e-payment must be encouraged Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on MondayGehlot made the observations while reviewing the budget announcements and progress of departmental schemes of Agriculture Marketing Department through video conferenceIf farmers realise the benefits of e-payment they would themselves go ahead and adopt it Gehlot said while stressing on the need to make farmers aware about itThe chief minister said development of infrastructure is necessary to increase the value of agricultural products and to ensure that the farmers get a fair price for their produceHe said farmers should be made to visit the most successful mandis with e-payment Along with this the Agriculture Marketing Department should make farmers aware by selecting the mandis under the pilot project and run a campaign to make the particular mandi 100 per cent e-payment-basedGehlot said as the Centre has repealed the farm laws now the process of formation of new independent mandis should be expedited in a phased mannerHe said before taking any decision regarding any revision in mandi tax and other rates detailed discussion should be held with the interested groupsThe chief minister said the Agricultural Processing Agribusiness and Agriculture Export Promotion Policy-2019 was launched to increase the income of farmers through value addition by processing agricultural products in their fieldsTo fulfil the objective of this policy it should be ensured that farmers get easy loans from banks for setting up processing unitsHe further said a nodal officer should be appointed in each district of the state who would help farmers get technical and financial assistance PTI AG RHL

Jaipur Jan 20 PTI Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday gave instructions to stop the auction of agricultural land of farmers who failed to repay the loans taken from commercial banks in the state Due to non-payment of loans of farmers taken from commercial banks that are controlled by the Reserve Bank of India in the state land attachment and auction action is being taken under the Rajasthan Agricultural Credit Operation Removal of Difficulties Act 1974 State government officials have been instructed to stop this he said in a statement The chief minister also said that the state government has waived off the loans of cooperative banks and urged the Centre to waive the loans of farmers by doing one-time settlement from commercial banks The state government is ready to bear its share in this also he said Our government had passed a bill in the assembly to ban land auction of farmers having agricultural land up to five acres but due to lack of permission of the governor it has not become a law yet I am sad that due to non-compliance of this law the said situation has come he noted Gehlot expressed hope that the bill will be approved soon Notably many instances of issuing notices to auction the land of farmers who are unable to repay the loans came to the fore recently The main opposition BJP has also targeted the Congress-led state government over the issue PTI AG SRY

Jaipur Dec 28 PTI Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday made an unscheduled halt while returning from a Congress training camp in Bada Padampura and talked to students at a coaching instituteThe students were solving model question papers and were surprised to see the chief minister among them Gehlot spoke to them about their studies classes and took feedback from other people about problems in the area a release saidGehlot said that the state government is opening English medium schools in rural areas to benefit rural studentsHe also talked to a group of local people about the state governments Chiranjeevi health insurance scheme PTI SDA ANB ANB

Jaipur Dec 28 PTI Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday accused the BJP of mixing religion with politics and said the party leaders were crossing limitsReferring to the election campaign in Uttar Pradesh he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is repeatedly going to the poll-bound state Why is he going there You are mixing religion with politics for elections Religion is a personal matter Be it Modi Union Home Minister Amit Shah or Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath they all are crossing the limits and moving ahead in that manner Gehlot told reporters after attending the Congress partys training camp at Bada Padampura area near hereHe also alleged that an atmosphere of hate was being created on social media against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi but such elements are now being exposedThese people are getting exposed whether it is the issue about China unemployment or inflation Rahul Gandhi speaks on every issue and the country young people listen he saidExpressing concern over alleged provocative remarks made at a recent event in Uttarakhand the Rajasthan chief minister said the country needs to understand the crux of the debate of Hindu versus Hindutva started by GandhiRahul Gandhi started a debate on Hindu versus Hindutva and there is a need to understand its meaning he saidGandhi had at a rally in Jaipur said India was a country of Hindus and not Hindutvadis saying that it was the latter who wanted to be in power in any condition He added that if there was inflation in the country and there was suffering then this had been done by HindutvadisGehlot said the crux of what Gandhi had said was that on one hand there is the Hindu whose great values have been there for centuries having the expressions of love and brotherhood while on the other hand there are forces which are doing politics in the name of Hindutva and they are pseudo and fake Hindus Extremely provocative speeches inciting violence against Muslims were allegedly made by participants at the event held at Ved Niketan Dham in Uttarakhands Haridwar from December 16 to 19 It was organised by Yati Narasimhanand the priest of Dasna temple in Ghaziabad Gehlot said the language used at the event was shameful We respect the saints and their saffron clothes itself give the message of sacrifice and culture but the words that some of those saints spoke were shameful and condemnable he said The senior Congress leader added that people needed to understand that the country was passing through a difficult phase and at such a time the country needed the Congress organisation its ideology policy and programmes He asserted that no matter how much force is used the agenda of Congress-free India will not be fulfilled Those who talk of Congress Mukt Bharat will become Mukt he said Congress rules in the hearts of the people across the country Everyone knows that in the freedom struggle how many people went to jail and made sacrifices and gave the message of unity which forced the British to quit India he said Gehlot said Congress workers should take a pledge to strengthen the party by following and spreading its principles policies and programmes I would like to tell the party workers that the future of the country depends on you You should brainstorm on the current situation unite and stand firmly with the common man Unite to face the challenges which are there in front of the country be it inflation or unemployment he added PTI SDA SRY

Jaipur Oct 25 PTI Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot called on Governor Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhawan here on Monday A Raj Bhawan spokesperson described the meeting as a courtesy call by Chief Minister Gehlot to Governor Mishra PTI SDA RAX RAX

Jaipur Sep 25 PTI Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday condoled the death of women rights activist and author Kamla Bhasin Gehlot said that she did incomparable work for the upliftment of women in the state Bhasin was the leader of the womens rights movement not only in India but throughout South Asia he said Many new laws were also enacted in the interest of women due to the movements made by Bhasin and her companions he tweeted Gehlot condoled the death and prayed for the peace of the departed soul PTI SDA ANB ANB