face. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is getting a total of 95 per cent of the election donations and donors are not giving donations to other parties due to fear. He said the BJP has presented a model in which the money collected through donations is being used to topple the state governments like they did in Maharashtra and Karnataka.
Addressing a press conference in Surat as part of the Congress’s campaign for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections, senior party leader Gehlot slammed the BJP for industrialists willing to donate to Congress and other political parties. And also accused the corporate houses of ‘bullying’. He also hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its chief Arvind Kejriwal, saying they spend money to suppress any negative news against them.
Gehlot said, if donations are made to other parties, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Income Tax Department reach the donor’s doorstep. In our country, donations have been captured by only one party. He has accumulated crores of rupees, which he uses to build five-star party offices across the country.
Gehlot said, after the introduction of electoral bonds, 95 percent of the total donation is going to the BJP. Donors are not giving donations to other parties due to fear. The BJP has presented a model in which money collected through donations is being used to topple state governments, like they did in Maharashtra and Karnataka. Accusing the ruling BJP of being “fascist”, Gehlot said the party wins elections on religious grounds rather than any policy, program or principles.
He said, Gujarat is the land of Mahatma Gandhi, but there is an atmosphere of violence and unrest. The situation is dangerous for democracy. All sections of the society are unhappy with the BJP. Time has come to remove this government and Congress is ready to form the next government.
Gehlot, senior Congress observer for the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections, accused AAP and its national convener Kejriwal of controlling the media through money. What Kejriwal is doing is also dangerous for democracy, he said. Kejriwal spends money to suppress any negative news against him. His TV interviews are also dramas. They have created such an atmosphere during the last three months that everything has turned out (in their favour), but it is not true. People are aware of his trickery.
