In his address at the first session of the new State Assembly, Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh on Thursday accused the former BJP Government of getting “distracted” from more important issues as it tried to find flaws with the Congress-led regime before it.
The customary address — in which the Government of the day lays out its agenda — was marred by disruptions by Rashtriya Loktantrik Party chief Hanuman Beniwal who climbed on to a platform near the assembly secretary's desk.
Speaking for the recently elected Congress Government led by Ashok Gehlot, the Governor said economic growth rate dropped during Vasundhara Raje Government's term.
"The former Government got distracted over useless issues like finding flaws of its previous Government,” Kalyan Singh said.
“As a result of which the annual average economic growth rate, which was 8.16 per cent in 2009-10 to 2013-14 reduced to 7.19 per cent in 2014-15 to 2017-18. The average increase in per capita income was 14.95 per cent from 2009-10 to 2013-14 but it reduced to 9.68 per cent during 2014-15 to 2017-18," he said in his address, which was tabled in the House.
Similarly, the growth rate in the agriculture sector which was 4.19 per cent in 2008-09 increased to 8.94 per cent in 2013-14," he said. But with the “wrong policies” of the Vasundhara Raje Government, which followed, the growth rate in the sector dropped to 3.95 per cent in 2017-18, according to the address.