JAIPUR – In embarrassment for the BJP government in Rajasthan, a pictureof state Health Minister Kalicharan Saraf urinating on the walls of thePink City has gone viral. He however shrugged it off, saying it was “not abig issue”.
The picture comes as the Jaipur Municipal Corporation is working hard tobring the city on the top charts under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
According to rules, those urinating on roads are asked to cough up fine ofRs 200.
As media reached his office to seek his response, he declined to comment,saying he doesn’t want to talk on this topic as it is not a big issue.
In her response, Congress’ Rajasthan unit Vice President Archana Sharmatold IANS that at a time when so much money is being spent on SwachhBharat, such leaders are giving a wrong message by doing such “shameful”deeds.
This should not have happened by the minister in his own constituency, sheadded.
Mr Sharma also said that during Dholpur by-polls when they were going theretogether, Saraf did the same act – urinating publicly – on the way buthowever she failed to click a photo of them there because of “poll stressat that time”.
The incident comes days after Kota BJP leader Ashok Choudhary wrote to BJPPresident Amit Shah, voicing dissatisfaction with the Vasundhara Rajegovernment. This was followed by an audio clip going viral in which BJP MLAGyandev Ahuja is heard asking for a leadership change.
The BJP had to face major embarrassment after it lost all three bypolls –two Lok Sabha and one Assembly, held late last month. Since then, theruling party has been garnering media attention for all the wrong reasons.