17/03/2023
The Rajasthan government today announced it will create 19 new districts and three more divisional headquarters to serve the needs of people who live far away from the divisional headquarters. The ruling Congress government’s move in an election year, however, received criticism from the BJP, which alleged the real intention behind the decision by the Ashok Gehlot government is to meet “personal political ends”.
“Rajasthan is the biggest state in the country in terms of geographical areas. In some cases, the distance to the district headquarters is more than 100 km. People are unable to reach district headquarters easily and the administration, too, is unable to reach each and every family,” Mr Gehlot, the Chief Minister, said in the Rajasthan assembly today.
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