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Speaking at an event in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma assured the people that Yamuna water will "flow into the land of Shekhawati."
He further said a meeting to build an interstate agreement between Haryana and Rajasthan on the issue will soon take place. He also hit out at the Congress, alleging that the party cheated the people of Shekhawati and only showed up during the elections. "Congress cheated on the people of Shekhawati; they made fake promises. During elections, they show up and start discussing the Yamuna agreement. But now I am here, there's no election happening right now. And I assure you that Yamuna water will flow into the land of Shekhwati," Sharma said. While addressing the Sankalp Diwas celebrations in Churu, held on the occasion of former Churu MLA, Rajendra Rathore's birth anniversary on Monday, Bhajanlal Sharma attacked the Congress and said that the party never put any effort for the development of Shekhawati (a region comprising of Sikar, Jhunjhunu, and Churu districts of Rajasthan). "In this country, Congress has ruled the most. Congress governments always gave the slogan 'Garibi Hatao', but they never really connected with the poor," the CM said. "Congress was never connected with Shekhawati, so the region never got water or saw any development. But in 1993, former Rajasthan CM (who was also the former Vice President of India), Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, wrote a letter to the Haryana government saying that we should get water. Still, Congress never even tried," he added. After his recent visits to the districts of Hanumangarh and Sri Ganganagar earlier this month, the chief minister is now on a three-day visit to Shekhawati. To commemorate the 70th birth anniversary of former Churu MLA Rajendra Rathore and his efforts, Sankalp Diwas was celebrated on Monday at the Police Line ground in Churu, Rajasthan. Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, BJP state president Madan Lal Rathore and former Taranagar (Churu) MLA Rajendra Rathore also attended the event. (ANI)
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