Former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today criticised Rajasthan government for "degrading" the "century-old" Bharat Scouts and Guides by constituting a body parallel to it.
"Existing Bharat Scout and Guide is an international body and to run a parallel institution is an indication of cheap mentality, which is most unfortunate to degrade existing one," Gehlot, the former President of Bharat Scouts and Guides, said in a statement here.
"For the first time, 17th National Jumboori will be held in Jaipur in January 2016 for which my government had given a grant of Rs seven crore, but the Raje government has cancelled it at her level," Gehlot claimed.
While Rajasthan government has given permission to run Hindustan Scouts and Guides activities in over 4,600 schools of the state, he said.
The existing Scouts and Guides body is a century-old, non-political and free institution for physical and moral development of school boys and girls, and to erase it, the Raje government made a very disgusting attempt by creating the parallel body which has no sanctity, Gehlot added.
