Rajasthan assembly polls: Whatever we promised, we fulfilled, says Ashok Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday expressed confidence in the Congresss triumph in Rajasthan assembly polls reported news agency ANIAshok Gehlot said We hope that our government is repeated as the public knows that whatever we promised we fulfilledI see that the atmosphere is in favour of our candidate here in Karauli People know that we made schemes and laws prioritizing them In future too we will keep our promises the Rajasthan CM said while speaking to reporters in Rajasthans Karauli reported ANIIm hopeful that our government will be repeated as the public knows that whatever we promised we fulfilled it he added reported ANIThe Congress has fielded its sitting MLA Lakhan Singh Meena from the Karauli constituencyMeanwhile speaking on the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project ERCP CM Gehlot said We have been raising our voice for the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project ERCP for the last five years so that PM Modis promise of declaring it a national project can be fulfilled This will provide many benefits to the people including drinking waterThe ERCP is an ambitious project that was first proposed by the previous BJP government in Rajasthan to meet the drinking water and irrigation needs of 13 districts Jaipur Jhalawar Baran Kota Bundi Sawai Madhopur Ajmer Tonk Dausa Karauli Alwar Bharatpur and Dholpur reported ANIThe Rajasthan government has been demanding the national project status for the ERCP so that 90 pc of the fund can be provided by the central government reported ANIAccording to the state Water Resources Department Rajasthan which is the largest state of India having a geographical area of 34252 lakh hectares that accounts for 104 per cent of the entire country holds only 116 per cent of Indias surface water and 172 per cent of groundwater reported ANIMeanwhile Congress released its fifth list of candidates for the Rajasthan Assembly election on TuesdayThe party in its fifth list included Vidhyadhar Choudhary from Phulera Rooparam Choudhary from Jaisalmer Saleh Mohammad from Pokaran Hangami Lal Mewara from Asind and Dhiraj Gurjar from JahazpurIn the 2018 assembly elections the Congress won 99 seats while the BJP won 73 seats in the 200member house Ashok Gehlot came to power with the support of BSP MLAs and independentsPolls will be held in Mizoram on November 7 Chhattisgarh on November 7 and November 17 Madhya Pradesh on November 17 Rajasthan on November 25 and Telangana on November 30With inputs from ANI