RaJe hoPes for new BJP head soon

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje is keeping her fingers crossed about the appointment of a new BJP chief for the state. For the first time in the past 38 years of BJP history in Rajasthan, its state unit is without a president for about a month. The party unit has seen 16 chiefs since 1980, but it has never gone head-less for such a long time. As Union Minister of State for Agriculture and said to be PM’s blue eyed Rajput leader of Jodhpur, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat’s name went viral in party circles and the media recently, his followers broke into jubilation. Rajput leaders have also met Amit Shah and Home Minister Rajnath Singh, and now the National Rajput Karni Sena is busy preparing one lakh postcards to the PM and Shah in support of Gajendra. Caste infighting has started among party MLAs, MPs and cadres. Former minister Devi Singh Bhati has criticised Shekhawat and Arjun Ram Meghawl (Union Ministers of State) claiming that “they are not mass leaders and appointing either of them to the post might cause damage to the party”. Ghanshyam Tiwari has said that “the high command cannot dare to thrust anyone on this post ignoring desire of Vasundhara Raje.” Raje recently met Amit Shah in Delhi on the appointment of next state unit chief. Shah advised her to wait till the Karnataka poll process was over. When a journalist asked the CM about the outcome of her meeting with the BJP chief, she replied, “Can’t you make it out from my face?” The suspense continues.