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Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia gets free hand to tackle ‘unruly’ BJP leaders | Jaipur News
JAIPUR: The BJP state unit has received overwhelming support from the central leaders on all issues raised by state president Satish Poonia in Delhi with national president J P Nadda and general secretaries B L Santosh and Bhupendra Yadav in the last three days.
The central leaders have extended full support to RSS functionary Nimbaram after the case was briefed to them by Poonia. They have given a green signal to take on BJP leaders violating the party line and assured him of intervening as and when required. Poonia met six leaders in Delhi. It has created a flutter among the senior party ranks in the state. Poonia held a closed-door meeting with Nadda on Friday evening has left the leaders guessing about the outcome. “Nadda told him that he is completely aware of every development happening in the state. Poonia sought his guidance on leaders including the elected representatives causing embarrassment to the party by giving uncalled statements despite repeated reminders. The party president clearly told him to act according to the rules and indiscipline shouldn’t be tolerated,” said a source.
“He suggested to him that to an extent ignoring such leaders is also a form of punishment while the main focus has to be on strengthening the party from the grassroots level to the state level,” said a source.
Talking to TOI, Poonia told that he pitched for the greater role of able state leaders in the central party committees has met with a positive response. “The discussions were related to the organisation. I have briefed our party president on several issues including our preparation for a statewide protest to highlight the failures of the ruling Congress after the situation becomes normal,” said Poonia.
The issue of a notice served to a former MLA Bansur Rohitash Sharma followed by his public statements slamming Poonia was also discussed. The meeting days after Raje met with BJP national in-charge Arun Singh. Reportedly, Raje addressed the issues she is facing with the state unit.
The central leaders have extended full support to RSS functionary Nimbaram after the case was briefed to them by Poonia. They have given a green signal to take on BJP leaders violating the party line and assured him of intervening as and when required. Poonia met six leaders in Delhi. It has created a flutter among the senior party ranks in the state. Poonia held a closed-door meeting with Nadda on Friday evening has left the leaders guessing about the outcome. “Nadda told him that he is completely aware of every development happening in the state. Poonia sought his guidance on leaders including the elected representatives causing embarrassment to the party by giving uncalled statements despite repeated reminders. The party president clearly told him to act according to the rules and indiscipline shouldn’t be tolerated,” said a source.
“He suggested to him that to an extent ignoring such leaders is also a form of punishment while the main focus has to be on strengthening the party from the grassroots level to the state level,” said a source.
Talking to TOI, Poonia told that he pitched for the greater role of able state leaders in the central party committees has met with a positive response. “The discussions were related to the organisation. I have briefed our party president on several issues including our preparation for a statewide protest to highlight the failures of the ruling Congress after the situation becomes normal,” said Poonia.
The issue of a notice served to a former MLA Bansur Rohitash Sharma followed by his public statements slamming Poonia was also discussed. The meeting days after Raje met with BJP national in-charge Arun Singh. Reportedly, Raje addressed the issues she is facing with the state unit.
