GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 6th Dec. The BJP and Congress on Tuesday sparred over the killing of Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, the president of right-wing group Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena. Both parties are blaming each other for the deteriorating law-and-order situation.
According to the police, Gogamedi was shot dead in his living room in Jaipur, Rajasthan by three armed men.
One of the attackers was also killed in the ensuing gunfire.
A security guard of Gogamedi was injured during the exchange of fire. The assailants had come to Gogamedi’s house under the pretense of meeting him, as captured on CCTV.
Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat criticized the previous Congress government in Rajasthan, holding them responsible for the current law-and-order situation. He said that gang wars have increased in the state since the time of the Ashok Gehlot government.
“Due to the threats that Karni Sena president late Sukhdev Singhji had received, he had filed a police complaint and also warned the administration about it. But unfortunately, security was not provided at the level at which it should have been provided,” he told PTI at the Parliament complex here.
Those who have committed this heinous act should be immediately arrested and given severe punishment, Shekhawat added.
“Shocked by the news of the killing of Shri Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, the national president of Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena. We are committed to arresting the accused as soon as possible. I assure the people that making Rajasthan crime-free is our first priority as soon as the BJP government takes oath,” party leader from the state and former Union minister Rajyavardhan Rathore said.
Senior Congress leader Pramod Tewari claimed that the courage of criminals in Rajasthan has gone up just after the information that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is coming to power in the state.
“It was under the Congress regime that culprits were nabbed within four hours. If in Jaipur, the capital, this is the situation, then you can imagine for yourself,” he said.
Congress leader Rajeev Shukla pointed out that the Karni Sena president was killed only days after his party was voted out of power in Rajasthan.
“They (BJP) created a huge ruckus over the issue, you know which one, during the polls. What is their reply on this? The killing of the Karni Sena president is wrong. Justice was being done under the Gehlot government and as soon as it left, the problem has started,” Shukla said.
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