New Delhi: Churu’s two-term MP Rahul Kaswan is popping out with no-holds barred statements, starting from emotional messages to indirect recommendations of switching allegiance, after the BJP denied him one other shot on the hustings this time.
When the primary listing of 15 Lok Sabha candidates from Rajasthan have been out Saturday, Kaswan and his supporters discovered that the BJP has fielded paralympic javelin thrower Devendra Jhajhariya from Churu.
Whereas eight MPs from Rajasthan have been renominated, Kaswan and 4 others — Devji Patel (Jalore-Sirohi), Ranjeeta Koli (Bharatpur) and Arjunlal Meena (Udaipur), and Kanakmal Katara (Banswara) have been dropped.
The BJP had gained all of the 25 Lok Sabha seats of Rajasthan in 2014 and 2019.
After the primary listing was introduced, Kaswan publicly requested the BJP central management on Monday whether or not he was denied a ballot ticket for failing to be trustworthy, hard-working, devoted or for being tainted.
आखिर मेरा गुनाह क्या था…?
क्या मैं ईमानदार नहीं था ?
क्या मैं मेहनती नहीं था ?
क्या मैं निष्ठावान नहीं था ?
क्या मैं दागदार था ?
क्या मैंने चूरू लोकसभा में काम करवाने में कोई कमी छोड़ दी थी ?मा. प्रधानमंत्री जी की सभी योजनाओं के क्रियान्वयन में, मैं सबसे आगे था।
ओर क्या…
— Rahul Kaswan (@RahulKaswanMP) March 4, 2024
A day earlier than, the Jat MP had put out one other tweet through which he immediately reached out to the individuals of Churu, saying that with their “trust and support”, he would maintain climbing new heights.
राम-राम मेेरे चूरू लोकसभा परिवार!
लेकर विश्वास-पाकर आपका साथ, देकर हर संकट को मात,
ध्येय मार्ग पर बढ़ते जाएंगे, उत्थानों के शिखर चढ़ते जाएंगे।आप सभी संयम रखें। आगामी कुछ दिन बाद आपके बीच उपस्थित रहूंगा, जिसकी सूचना आपको दे दी जाएगी।
— Rahul Kaswan (@RahulKaswanMP) March 3, 2024
A central BJP chief confirmed that Kaswan was dropped for his function in BJP senior chief Rajendra Rathore’s electoral debacle at Taranagar within the Rajasthan polls.
“Kaswan’s ticket denial is not linked to non-performance or anti-incumbency, but it was linked to his involvement in defeating former leader of opposition Rajendra Rathore from Churu. After Rathore complained to the senior leadership, it took cognisance of anti-party activities and he was denied ticket,” the BJP insider mentioned.
Nevertheless it was not the Churu MP alone who got here out in opposition to the BJP management. Two-time former MP Jaswant Bishnoi, too, has come out with a collection of cryptic tweets after he discovered himself out of competition for the election.
“I have decided that now I will write a post after the announcement of elections; after that I will not write any kind of post in future (sic),” he tweeted Sunday.
There has been a palpable discontent amongst one part of the BJP leaders concerning the ballot nominations. In Delhi, former Union minister Harsh Vardhan introduced that he was quitting from politics. The BJP veteran additional mentioned that he can be returning to medical career.
Equally, Bhopal MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who has been denied ballot ticket, has now taken up marketing campaign in opposition to liquor within the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh.
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Churu, a struggle of two households
Taranagar falls underneath the Churu Lok Sabha constituency. Rathore, a seven-time Rajput MLA, had misplaced to Congress’s Narendra Budania in 2023.
Rathore, who had blamed ‘Jaichands and Vibhishanas’ (the Hindi equal of Quislings) for his defeat, and Kaswan come from two rival households in Churu district. Including gasoline to the fireplace is that they’re from two communities with a widely known political rivalry in Rajasthan.
Within the meeting election, Rathore fielded Harlal Saharan from Churu anticipating that he would switch Jat votes to him. However his recreation plan was upended by Kaswam because the ballot narrative grew to become one among Jat versus Rajput rivalry.
Kaswan’s father Ram Singh Kaswan was a four-time MP from Churu. Ram Singh has to his credit score defeating Congress veteran and former Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jhakhar in Churu within the 2004 Lok Sabha polls. Equally, his mom Kamla Kaswan served as MLA from Sadulpur constituency in Churu district.
“I have sought time from the party president to know what was my fault and why the party denied me the ticket. After that, my people will decide what should be my path. It’s my people who will decide (my next step); only after that I will decide my next course (of action). Our family has been in politics for the last 40 years,” Kaswan informed ThePrint.
One other senior BJP functionary defined that there have been a number of components behind selecting candidates for the electoral battle.
“The party decides tickets on several parameters, but winnability is the most important (parameter). In some cases, despite good reports, the candidates were changed to bring in new faces as the party will have to accommodate aspirations of other workers as well. The party has expanded at such a level that it can’t ignore their aspirations,” the second BJP functionary informed ThePrint.
In the meantime, the disquiet over ballot nominations reared its head in Kerala as properly the place the BJP is making an attempt arduous to make inroads. Veteran chief P.C.George got here out brazenly in opposition to Anil Antony after the latter was made the BJP candidate from Pathanamthitta.
The BJP brass took notice of the matter and prodded Anil Antony to achieve out to George for calming down nerves and for looking for his blessing. On Monday, the BJP candidate met George who is alleged to have promised him to safe help within the election.
(Edited by Tony Rai)
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