Diya Kumari, a member of the Jaipur royal family and the sitting MP from Rajsamand, accused the Congress government in the state of rampant corruption in the centre-backed Jal Jeevan Mission (water supply program) and alleged that Rajasthan had been deprived of the benefits of PM Narendra Modi’s development schemes. She attacked Gehlot for focusing on distributing freebies (such as mobile phones) instead of developing infrastructure. Kumari also raised the issue of women’s safety, a highlight of the BJP campaign in the state.
Water shortage in focus as BJP’s Diya Kumari campaigns in Jaipur for Rajasthan assembly polls
As residents of Ward No. 2 in Jaipur’s Vidyadhar Nagar constituency complained of severe water shortages and lack of basic infrastructure such as hospitals, schools and parks, BJP candidate Diya Kumari trained her guns on the Ashok Gehlot-led state government.
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