Respect Opposition, you will also move in here: Ashok Gehlot to Narendra Modi

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday underscored before PM Modi that in a democracy, the Opposition should be respected and said the PM “will also move in this direction”.

The Congress veteran urged the PM to make the Centre enact laws to ensure the Right to Health and Social Security for the people as has been done by the Rajasthan government.

The CM highlighted how his government was providing gas cylinders to Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries for Rs 500 and he suggested that the PM should also think in that direction.


“The opposition should be respected. I think that you (PM) will also move in this direction,” Gehlot said in the presence of Modi at a function to launch various projects in Rajsamand district’s Nathdwara town. “If this is done, the ruling dispensation and the opposition will be able to serve the country with more vigour,” he added.

Projecting himself on a high pedestal, Gehlot said, “in a democracy there is no enmity but only a fight of ideology and everyone has the right to speak”.