Rajasthan
Poster row: Rajasthan former CM Vasundhara Raje hits back, says she will dwell in people’s hearts | Jaipur News
JAIPUR/KOTA: Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday for the first time hit back at the poster controversy.
She said, “I don’t believe in the politics of posters, but want to rule and dwell in the hearts of the people.”
Raje was speaking to mediapersons at her home constituency Jhalawar on the concluding day of her three-day tour to flood-affected areas in Jhalawar–Baran on Wednesday before leaving for Dholpur.
“When I came to politics, Rajmataji (Mother) told me that five fingers of the hand are never equal and when you visit the villages, you need to unite people into a family with love for each other, despite their being of various kinds. I always intended to carry out such works that I can endure in their memories and hearts.” Raje added, “Politics is not everything. Politics comes out when you embrace the people of all walks of life.”
Describing her biggest aspiration, Raje said, “I am here to rule hearts of the people and carry out such work that the people can bear it in their mind and when the people bear me in mind, they would love me and I would be able to make way to their hearts.”
Sources said that Raje’s statement is to express her resentment over the change of posters and banners in the BJP headquarter and at several districts following a guideline for the same.
“The party’s guideline says that all official posters and banners in the state where BJP is in Opposition to having the picture of PM Narendra Modi and party’s national president J P Nadda on one side and state president and leader of the opposition on the other side. The new rule doesn’t leave any space for Raje in the state to be seen in official posters and banners,” said the party source. The controversy comes to the fore in early June when the poster having the picture of Raje outside the BJP headquarter in Jaipur was removed. Then, it gave rise to the speculation that it was a result of the power struggle between the state president Satish Poonia and Raje.
She said, “I don’t believe in the politics of posters, but want to rule and dwell in the hearts of the people.”
Raje was speaking to mediapersons at her home constituency Jhalawar on the concluding day of her three-day tour to flood-affected areas in Jhalawar–Baran on Wednesday before leaving for Dholpur.
“When I came to politics, Rajmataji (Mother) told me that five fingers of the hand are never equal and when you visit the villages, you need to unite people into a family with love for each other, despite their being of various kinds. I always intended to carry out such works that I can endure in their memories and hearts.” Raje added, “Politics is not everything. Politics comes out when you embrace the people of all walks of life.”
Describing her biggest aspiration, Raje said, “I am here to rule hearts of the people and carry out such work that the people can bear it in their mind and when the people bear me in mind, they would love me and I would be able to make way to their hearts.”
Sources said that Raje’s statement is to express her resentment over the change of posters and banners in the BJP headquarter and at several districts following a guideline for the same.
“The party’s guideline says that all official posters and banners in the state where BJP is in Opposition to having the picture of PM Narendra Modi and party’s national president J P Nadda on one side and state president and leader of the opposition on the other side. The new rule doesn’t leave any space for Raje in the state to be seen in official posters and banners,” said the party source. The controversy comes to the fore in early June when the poster having the picture of Raje outside the BJP headquarter in Jaipur was removed. Then, it gave rise to the speculation that it was a result of the power struggle between the state president Satish Poonia and Raje.
