BJP MLA’s protest to force Raje to vacate bungalow begins today

Rebel BJP MLA Ghanshyam Tiwari would on Thursday launch a 10-day protest against Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje for not vacating a bungalow that was allotted to her as a former CM.

Raje continues to reside at 13, Civil Lines in Jaipur, instead of the officially designated CM residence at 8, Civil Lines.

Tiwari said members of his political outfit Deendayal Vahini will burn copies of Rajasthan Ministers Salaries (Amendment) Bill, 2017. The bill, passed by the Raje government, entitles former CMs to a government bungalow for the rest of their lives.

“The workers will lodge protest continuously starting from May 10. Copies of the Bill will be burnt at Civil Lines railway crossing and we will force her to vacate the Bungalow No. 13,” Tiwari said here at a press conference.

Tiwari cited the Supreme Court recent verdict where it annulled section 4 (3) of the Uttar Pradesh Ministers Act, 1981 that provisioned life-long possession of government bungalows to former CMs.

Tiwari said on the lines of the UP law, Rajasthan assembly had passed the Rajasthan Ministers’ Salaries (second amendment) Bill 2017. He accused the Congress of not protesting the Bill claiming that former CM Ashok Gehlot had also made an attempt to pass a similar bill during his tenure. Both Gehlot and current Raje are working hand in gloves, he alleged. Tiwari has been criticising Raje and the BJP leadership after the party’s national discipline committee issued showcause notices to him last year after he alleged that the Rajasthan BJP had become a place for mafias and sycophants, while the dedicated were being sidelined.

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