Jaipur: Independent MP and former BJP leader Kirori Meena on Tuesday demanded that former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje should be interrogated by the CBI in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Dara fake encounter cases. "No encounter can take place without knowledge of the Chief Minister and both Dara and Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter cases are no exceptions," Meena told reporters here.
Senior BJP legislator Rajendra Rathore was one of the accused in the Dara fake encounter case (Rajasthan) whereas charge sheet has been filed against Leader of Opposition Gulabchand Kataria in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case (Gujarat) last week. "I was a cabinet minister in the former BJP government along with Rajendra Rathore and Gulabchand Kataria. I know it well that such decisions were possible only at the level of Chief Minister," Meena said.
Meena, who was a cabinet minister in Raje government, had parted ways from BJP ahead of the 2008 assembly elections. Rubbishing charges against him for his alleged involvement in the Surwal case (Sawaimadhopur) in which a police inspector was burnt alive by an agitating mob, the Dausa MP announced to take out a yatra in tribal areas of Udaipur from May 23 to June 6 to 'create awareness' among people on their rights.
"The yatra is for creating awareness among tribals of their rights. Centre releases money for development in tribal areas, but no development work is seen there. If tribals are aware, they can raise their voice in a more effective manner," Meena
08:15 PM, May 21, 2013
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot On Friday slammed BJP leader Vasundhara Raje for attacking him over CBI action against Gulab Chand Kataria and reportedly saying that "we are not wearing bangles". "Bangle is a symbol of women's dignity and use of such a language shows that she has lost self control and insulted women," Gehlot said in a statement in Jaipur. Raje made the comment on Thursday while alleging...
01:57 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party has come out strongly in the defence of Rajasthan leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria. Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje has described the allegations against Kataria as baseless. "Allegations against Kataria are baseless. The party stands behind Kataria and will contest the matter both in courts and politically," she said. The CBI had on Tuesday booked Kataria for murder in its supplementary chargesheet...
10:42 AM, May 15, 2013
Jaipur: Continuing his scathing attack on BJP, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday dubbed it as a party with backward and arrogant thoughts. Addressing a rally in Pushkar town in Ajmer, Gehlot said, BJP only worked for inciting violence and riots. "In Rajasthan, during the previous BJP rule, 90 people including 70 Gujjars lost their lives in 21 firing incidents," he said. "Vasundhara Raje creates rumours and speculations, but...
03:04 AM, May 13, 2013
Jaipur: BJP state president Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday claimed that 40 lakh households in the state are still waiting for a power connection. Speaking at a public rally in Todabhim in Karauli district, Raje said Congress ruled for five decades in the state and was only engaged in self-development. "Congress did not bother to peep inside a poor person's house and see their living condition. Congress never thought for development...
03:56 AM, May 09, 2013
Bundi: Rajasthan BJP chief Vasundhara Raje on Monday kept up her attack on the Congress-ruled government on issues such as corruption and unemployment even as she presented a vision of a 'New Rajasthan' if her party was returned to power in the upcoming Assembly elections. Addressing a gathering at Hindoli on Monday on another stop in her Suraj Sankalp Yatra to drum up support for BJP, the former Rajasthan chief...
11:26 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Jaipur: Launching a scathing attack on the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan, senior BJP leader Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday said it had done nothing for the welfare of farmers, women and youths. Addressing a public meeting in Baran district as part of her "Suraj Sankalp Yatra", the state BJP chief described the Gehlot government as "anti-people". It had done nothing to improve the lot of farmers, women, youths and...
03:00 AM, Apr 25, 2013
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday accused the BJP state president Vasundhara Raje of misleading people of the state during her 'Suraj Sankalp Yatra'. Addressing a public meeting in the third phase of Congress' 'Sandesh Yatra' in Shahpura area in the district, Gehlot claimed that Raje during her tenure as Chief Minister "looted" the state and is now misleading people. "She does not know the meaning of Suraj...
01:45 AM, Apr 15, 2013
Jaipur: BJP Rajasthan president Vasundhara Raje on Monday demanded apology from RBI Governor D Subbarao for his comment on the rise in food inflation. The RBI Governor by saying that rural people's shift to protein and eating more of egg, milk and fruits is causing food inflation is an insult of the poor, she said. Subbarao should visit Rajasthan to see the ground reality she said. "He should come and...
12:25 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Jaipur: Eight months before the Rajasthan assembly elections, BJP leader and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje has embarked on a four-month long rath yatra, as part of her campaigning agenda. With this yatra, Raje joins the list of leaders who have undertaken such odysseys ahead of the elections this winter. The Opposition leader's Suraaj Sankalp Yatra, flagged off from Charbhuja in Rajsamand district, around 330km from Jaipur, is aimed at...
05:31 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Back to the battleground in Rajasthan, former chief minister Vasundhara Raje is wooing voters and energising party cadre in her trademark style. But with factionalism in the BJP hitting the workers' morale, Raje has her work cut out. "The next six months we all have to work hard together like a family to rid ourselves of this government," she said. ...
10:00 AM, Apr 05, 2013
Udaipur: Former Rajasthan chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vasundhara Raje is all set to sound the poll bugle with her campaign yatra, which will start from Charbhuja temple in Udaipur in Rajasthan. Raje's Suraj Sankalp Yatra comes eight months before the state goes to polls. The yatra will be flagged off by BJP president Rajnath Singh and will cover 26 Assembly constituencies of Udaipur division in its...
08:39 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Lashing out at the opposition BJP, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday challenged the party to prove any allegation levelled against him. ...
06:09 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Eying a second term in office, the ruling Congress is all set to start its three month long 'Sandesh Yatra' on Saturday in poll-bound Rajasthan for establishing a connect with the people in all 200 Assembly constituencies. ...
06:02 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Former judge of the Rajasthan High Court Justice Sajjan Singh Kothari was today sworn in as Lokayukta. Governor Margaret Alva administered him oath of office in the presence of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. ...
12:20 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Eying a second term in office, the ruling Congress on Sunday announced to launch a 'Sandesh Yatra' in poll-bound Rajasthan for establishing a connect with the people in all 200 Assembly consituencies. The campaign is also touted as a move to counter BJP state chief Vasundhara Raje's 'Suraaj Sankalp Yatra', which is scheduled from April 4, 2013. ...
02:54 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Seeking to project a united face, newly appointed state BJP president Vasundhara Raje on Friday said her priority would be going forward while keeping all the party's stakeholders together. "My priority will be to take everyone along with me like a family," she said in her maiden address after the formal taking over ceremony. ...
01:49 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, named the new BJP president in Rajasthan, has run into problems with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), informed sources said on Monday. ...
07:17 PM, Feb 04, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday virtually named Vasundhara Raje its Chief Ministerial candidate in Rajasthan. Following a meet in the capital, BJP president Rajnath Singh declared Vasundhara Raje as the state BJP chief and her rival within the party, Gulab Chand Kataria, as the Leader of Opposition. ...
06:50 PM, Feb 02, 2013
New Delhi: With an eye on the next elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has initiated an exercise to put its house in order and accommodate regional satraps. Two days back, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and Deputy Chief Minister R Ashok, under instructions from the party, met former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa. The BJP has been trying to reach out to Karnataka leader as he threatens to quit and...
09:28 AM, Oct 29, 2012
