Rajasthan: Arjun Meghwal slams Gehlot govt for 'barbaric action' on protesting BJP workers, calls it "shameful"

Bikaner (Rajasthan) [India], August 1 : Union Minister and BJP MP Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday condemned the Rajasthan Government for resorting to lathi-charge on BJP workers who were protesting over the alleged corruption, atrocities against women in the state and termed the action by Gehlot government as "shameful".
Rajasthan Police used water canons on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers who were protesting against the Ashok Gehlot-led Government in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
The BJP workers held the protest over the alleged corruption, atrocities against women, crumbling law and order and unemployment in the state.
"The manner in which the Rajasthan Government resorted to barbaric lathi-charge on BJP workers is shameful. BJP had given a call and workers from across the state had turned up to Gherao the State Secretariat over atrocities against Dalits, women, farmers and youth," Union Minister Meghwal told ANI.
"They say that they are giving good governance. Is this governance? Several of our workers were injured. We condemn this and warn them that in the future the people of Rajasthan will not tolerate the Congress government in the state," he added.
Earlier in the day, hitting out the Rajasthan government during the protest, Leader of the Opposition, Rajendra Rathore said that the Ashok Gehlot government protects rapists, corrupts and stays silent on atrocities of people.
"Being the fourth pillar of democracy, the media must show the anger and emotions of the lakhs of people who have come here and the people of Rajasthan have decided to throw out the Ashok Gehlot government who protects rapists, corrupts and stays silent on atrocities of people," Rathore said.
Earlier on Sunday, calling the current state government in Rajasthan the “most corrupt”, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhwat hit out at the Ashok Gehlot government over the issue of alleged corruption in the state.
In an exclusive interview with ANI, Shekhwat said that the corruption in the Congress government is “at its peak” in the state.
“This is the most corrupt party in democratic Rajasthan. Corruption is so prevalent in the state that even a common man knows that corruption is at its peak... A cabinet minister in the presence of thousands says that our government is the most corrupt government in the history of Rajasthan. Such statements are made in the Vidhansabha as well,” he said.