Jaipur, April 23 -- Close on the heels of the worrisome fire in the HPCL - Rajasthan oil refinery in Pachpadra on Monday, Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma's accusation of land scams and irregularities in the refinery area and related affairs by the previous Congress government has given rise to another flash-point in the long-persisting war of words between Sharma and his predecessor Ashok Gehlot.

While addressing a function held to unveil the statue of the Lt General Sagat Singh Rathore in Churu city Wednesday evening, Chief Minister Sharma kept on verbal assault against the grand old party leadership and previous regimes led by them.

Reiterating his criticism on the arch rivals, Sharma fired a volley of potshots on usual contentious issu...