Supporters of former chief minister inaugurating ‘Team Vasundhara Raje Rajasthan’ state office in Jaipur on Monday
JAIPUR: In a move that may hasten the power struggle within the state BJP unit, the supporters of former chief minister Vasundhara Raje inaugurated the ‘Team Vasundhara Raje Rajasthan’ (TVRR) state office in the city on Monday to garner support within the party and outside to promote her as the chief minister candidate for the 2023 assembly polls.
The act by her supporters may spark yet another controversy in the state party unit. The poster inviting people for the inauguration of the office on social media has pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the left and Raje’s mother Vijaya Raje Scindia.
This is not the first time that her loyalists had attempted to project her as the sole leader of the masses in the state. Ashok Sharma, the state in-charge of TVRR, said the body’s main objective was to project the two-time CM as the most popular candidate in 2023. “The setting up of the office in the state capital has brought us one step closer to carry forward the political legacy of Vasundhara Raje into the future,” said Sharma.
“The contribution of Raje in the development of the state has no parallels and thus it makes her the only undisputed mass leader in the state,” said Sharma. He added that Raje didn’t attend the inaugural since she was in Delhi.
Sandeep Verma, vice-president of scheduled caste morcha of TVRR, clarified that it was not a political body while claiming that it to be more like a fan club. He stated that all functionaries associated with TVRR are BJP party workers. “We are all dedicated party workers and raising this demand within the framework of party rules,” Verma said, claiming to be an active party worker.
The members of the body informed that they have formed units in all 33 districts and appointed state officials. “Over five lakh people have pledged to work tirelessly to see Raje as our CM,” Sharma said, confident that the BJP would honour the sentiments of its core supporters. The inauguration of the office was a low-key affair with no significant names from the state or local politics attending it.
The move has yet again raised eyebrows of the state unit which chose not to react in public. Sources said that the state unit would send a detailed report to the party’s central leaders. A similar controversy had surfaced in January this year when an outfit called ‘Vasundhara Raje Samarthak Rajasthan’, claiming to have the support of several MLAs, promoted her as the next CM. Later in June, Vasundhara Jan Rasoi, promoted by her close aides, didn’t find favour with the state leaders. In both instances, Delhi was called upon to intervene.
source: Times Of India
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