Congress MLA seeks removal of Minister over illegal mining

Kota (Rajasthan): A ruling party MLA in Rajasthan has written to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot seeking removal of the state's forest minister on allegations of promoting illegal mining. In the letter shot off to the CM on Monday, Congress MLA Bharat Singh has accused Forest Minister Sukhram Bishnoi of protecting the mining mafia in the state and demanded his immediate removal from the post. The legislator, though, did not substantiate his claims against the minister in the letter. "It is necessary for the head of the state's forest and environment ministry to be serious towards his responsibilities and duties. It is regrettable that the forest minister of the state has got no attention towards it," Singh wrote to the CM. Bishnoi has never visited the forests, sanctuaries and tiger reserves of the state to take care of them, the MLA further claimed in the letter. Singh, who represents Sangod constituency in Kota, urged the Chief Minister to shift Bishnoi to some other post suitable to his qualification and interest.