Congress MLA raises corruption charges against minister

Unhappy over delay in maintenance work on national highway NH-27 here, Congress MLA Bharat Singh on Sunday accused a minister in the Gehlot government of corruption and hindering the work.

Singh, who represents Sangod assembly constituency in Kota district, has written a letter to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot alleging corruption in the state's mining department.

In the letter he has requested Gehlot to save the government from the "corrupt people" to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

He also referred to the CM's budget speech in which Gehlot had said his government would work to put an end to "the flowing Ganga of corruption"
The central government wants to repair the highway stretch but the state mining department is raising obstacles, the letter said