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Vishvendra Singh sworn in as Tourism Minister in Rajasthan government

Jaipur, Nov 24 (PTI) Newly inducted cabinet minister Vishvendra Singh on Wednesday took charge as tourism minister in secretariat.      Singh, who was sacked along with the then deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot and another minister Ramesh Meena last year for rebellion against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, had religious rituals performed through a priest before sitting on the chair.      After taking over, he spoke about making Rajasthan a more tourist-friendly state.      Recalling his earlier tenure, the tourism minister said many innovations started by him helped develop the tourism sector of the state.      “They would be carried forward and new tourism circuits will also be developed to promote tourism,” he said.      To this end, a review meeting of the tourism department and Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) will be held and a strategy will be developed, he said.      Besides Singh, public health and engineering department (PHED) minister Mahesh Joshi, and health minister Parsadi Lal Meena also took charge.      Fifteen ministers -including three who were elevated from Minister of State to cabinet rank -- were sworn in on Sunday for the expanded Gehlot cabinet, fulfilling a key demand made by Pilot, whose rebellion last year shook the state Congress government.      The new inductees were allotted portfolios on Monday. PTI SDA VN VN

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Need to focus on ethical and sustainable tourism: Rajasthan minister

Updated January 27th, 2020 at 21:28 IST

Rajasthan has only exploited around 20 percent of its tourism potential, state Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh said on Monday.

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Rajasthan has only exploited around 20 percent of its tourism potential, state Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh said on Monday. The minister was speaking during a session on 'Sustainable and Responsible Tourism' at the Jaipur Literature Festival.

"There is a need to focus on ethical and sustainable tourism by way of which we leave minimal impact on the places we visit," Singh said.

The minister said Rajasthan had the maximum number of heritage hotels in the country. Special concessions are being extended by the state to heritage properties that have contributed to tourism. Smaller interventions can take us a long way towards practising responsible tourism, he added. 

"Without losing money and making heavy duty investments, we can make a conscious effort to source food locally, employ locals and involve the global community. By recycling waste, valuing our water and electricity, reducing plastic waste we can keep culture and environment at the heart of our businesses," Singh said.

The minister said the government of Rajasthan was in the process of formulating a 'New Tourism Policy', taking initiatives to maximise, socialise and economise benefits to the local communities, conserve natural resources, protect heritage and begin awareness campaigns. 

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Modi promises to transform Rajasthan into number one state in tourism

“this is bjp’s sankalp (resolution) to boost the tourism sector in rajasthan as the two new air terminals in jodhpur and udaipur, whose foundation was held today, will come up soon,” the prime minister said while addressing the bjp public rally in jodhpur..

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In his second public rally in the last five days in Rajasthan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Thursday that if voted to power the BJP would develop the state as the number one state in the country in tourism.

“This is BJP’s Sankalp (resolution) to boost the tourism sector in Rajasthan as the two new air terminals in Jodhpur and Udaipur, whose foundation was held today, will come up soon,” the prime minister said while addressing the BJP public rally in Jodhpur after laying foundation stone and dedicating to the nation 18 projects worth about Rs 5,000 crores.

New rail, road, airport and health sector projects were inaugurated/a foundation stone was laid in Marwar (Jodhpur region). With the newer airports in the future, the tourist potential will boost three times as the infrastructures are being developed on a war footing, the PM said, adding “I will also make Railway stations better than the airports so that poor and middle-class people travel. Jodhpur railway station would be one of them.”

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When he asked who would make Rajasthan number one tourism, the audience shouted Modi-Modi in reply. Hearing the audience’s response, he immediately bounced, “No, not me! It’s your single vote that will give me the power to fulfill my guarantee.”

He further told the rally, “People are saying BJP will come, prosperity will bloom in Rajasthan.”

In a direct attack on Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, the prime minister said, “I have just come from a government programme. That was a government programme. But Gehlot was missing from the government programme. Why were you missing? Because he (Gehlot) is confident that if Modi comes, everything will be fine. Gehlot has so much faith in Modi. That’s why they (the Congress) feel if Modi comes, it will happen. I ask them to rest, now we will take care of it (Rajasthan).”

Recalling the decision his government took yesterday in Delhi, Modi announced, “Now, under the Ujjwala Scheme, gas cylinders will be available for only Rs 600. With this, all sisters will celebrate festivals with more enthusiasm. This will benefit women across the country and 70 lakh families of Rajasthan”.

On the success of Chandrayan-3 and control of Corona-19, the PM said, “The countrymen are proud of India’s success in countries like America, Britain, Japan and Singapore. But the Congress is saddened by the fact that India is moving from tenth place to fifth place in the economy. This is Modi’s guarantee that Modi will reach number three before number 10. Now see, India saved the lives of its countrymen as well as crores of people of the world by making Made in India Corona vaccine.”

Hailing the upcoming Bollywood movie ‘Vaccine War’, the PM said its makers have picked up the contents from the Corona period and the government’s efforts in containing the dreaded disease, and the movie will encourage youths to understand the lockdown periods and misery of the Covid.

Assailing the Gehlot Government for allegedly not working for even a single day in the last five years, the PM assured the public, “BJP will come and stop hooliganism, BJP will come and will bring women’s security. There are so many innocent daughters who have been snatched from us. Countless incidents are revealing the truth of rampant crime. Rajasthan will not tolerate this anymore. BJP will come and stop the riots.”

Criticising the Gehlot rule further, he said, “No one invests where law and order is broken. I want to know one more thing from you what was the chief minister of Jodhpur doing when it was burning in riots? When violence was happening here, innocent were being killed, what were the Congress leaders doing? Is the first and the last policy of Congress only appeasement?”

“Be it Ramnavmi, Parshuram Jayanti, or Hanuman Jayanti, no festival passes off without an incident of stone pelting in Rajasthan. Jodhpur city which is known for peace has witnessed a gang war in broad daylight,” he pointed out.

Modi reiterated his party’s commitment to arrest the paper leak mafia, and expose the hidden truths of ‘Red Diary’ if voted to power.

In an interaction with the audience, Modi said, “People say the Red Diary contains every black act of corruption of the Congress. You tell me whether the dark secrets of this diary should be revealed or not? Should everything come out in the open, or not… The score should be settled or not? Should dishonest people be punished, or not… Now tell me, will the Congress government allow the secrets of Lal Diary to be revealed? Will you let me come forward? If one wants to know all this then, who needs it? BJP government will have to be brought, it is very important to form BJP government in Rajasthan”.

“What happened to the misrule of Congress in five years? Congress has made Rajasthan the top in the country in terms of corruption and riots. Rajasthan has been made number one in terms of atrocities against Dalits. Congress has given a free hand to the drug trade,” the PM contended.

However, in his 40-minute speech, the PM listed a number of major projects of the Central government being implemented in Rajasthan like One Rank, One Pension, Har Ghar Nal and Jal, cash money transfer to the accounts of farmers and providing Narmada water to Rajasthan. He also referred to the women’s reservation bill and commented on Ghamandiya Gathbandhan (INDIA) for creating differences and dividing the society.

Among others who shared the dais included former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, BJP State President CP Joshi, Union Ministers G S Shekhawat, Arjum Ram Meghawal, and local MPs and MLAs.

This was Modi’s 11th visit to Rajasthan in the last 11 months.

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The newly appointed ministers in rajasthan were allocated portfolios, with chief minister bhajan lal sharma keeping eight departments, including home and excise..

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Friday assigned the portfolios to the ministers in his newly formed cabinet. Bhajan Lal kept eight departments, including home, excise and the anti-corruption bureau.

Tonk (Rajasthan): Amid a debate on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks that “Congress wants to snatch women’s Mangalsutra,” the Prime Minister reiterated on Tuesday that he had put the truth before the country that Congress is hatching a deep conspiracy to snatch your property and distribute it to its special people.

Addressing a public meeting here today, PM Modi said that his speech had created panic in the entire Congress and INDIA bloc.

“When I came to Rajasthan the day before yesterday, I had presented some truths before the country in my 90-second speech. This has created panic in the entire Congress and INDIA alliance. I had put the truth before the country that Congress is hatching a deep conspiracy to snatch your property and distribute it to its special people. I exposed their vote bank and appeasement politics. After all, why is Congress so afraid of the truth?” the Prime Minister said.

PM Modi also asked what would have happened if there was a Congress government at the centre after 2014.

“In 2014, you allowed Modi to serve in Delhi. Then the country made decisions that no one had even imagined. But think about what would have happened even after 2014 and even today if there was a Congress government in Delhi. Had Congress been there, stones would have been pelted at our forces in Jammu and Kashmir even today. Had Congress been there, the enemies would have come from across the border. Had Congress been there, neither One Rank One Pension would have been implemented for our soldiers nor would our ex-servicemen have received Rs 1 lakh crore,” he said.

Further, sharpening his attacks, PM Modi said that the thinking of Congress has always been of appeasement and vote bank politics.

“As soon as the Congress government was formed at the Centre in 2004, its first task was to reduce the reservation for SC/ST in Andhra Pradesh and give reservation to Muslims. This was a pilot project, which Congress wanted to try in the entire country. Between 2004 and 2010, Congress tried to implement Muslim reservations in Andhra Pradesh four times. But due to legal hurdles and the awareness of the Supreme Court, it could not fulfil its plans,” PM Modi said.

“The Constitution is completely against it. The right of reservation which Baba Saheb gave to Dalits, backward classes and tribals, Congress and INDIA Alliance wanted to give it to Muslims based on religion. Amidst these conspiracies of Congress, Modi is today guaranteeing you from an open platform that reservations for Dalits, backward classes and tribals will neither be ended nor will be allowed to be divided in the name of religion. This is Modi’s guarantee,” he added. (ANI)

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