BJP chides Beniwal over Raje remark

After his tweet against former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Nagaur MP and member of NDA Hanuman Beniwal has been reprimanded by BJP National President JP Nadda, Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly Gulab Chand Kataria and BJP state president Satish Poonia. They told Beniwal to respect the sanctity of coalition and not make such comments about their leader.

"I spoke to Beniwal and told him that his behaviour was not in accordance to the spirit of coalition. He expressed regret and told me that a member of his staff had put out the said tweet," said Kataria to the press at Jaipur.

BJP state president Satish Poonia informed The Free Press Journal: "Our national president JP Nadda has spoken to Beniwal on the issue and expressed his displeasure. I have also spoken to him and advised him that Vasundhara Raje is a senior and respected leader of our party and it is not fair to draw her into the political game that is being played out by the Congress."

BJP has not contested on Nagaur Parliamentary seat leaving it for Beniwal who contested as a candidate of Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) founded by him. It is believe that the seat was left uncontested on the behest of some senior RSS leaders.

RLP had contested independently in the assembly elections held prior to Parliamentary elections and won three seats in the 200 house assembly.

Beniwal who was earlier with BJP has been a vicious critic of Raje and spares no opportunity to take on with the former chief minister.