New Delhi: Churu’s two-term MP Rahul Kaswan is popping out with no-holds barred statements, starting from emotional messages to indirect strategies of switching allegiance, after the BJP denied him one other shot on the hustings this time.
When the primary record of 15 Lok Sabha candidates from Rajasthan have been out Saturday, Kaswan and his supporters came upon 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 record was introduced, Kaswan publicly requested the BJP central management on Monday whether or not he was denied a ballot ticket for failing to be sincere, 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 by which he straight reached out to the folks of Churu, saying that with their “belief and assist”, he would preserve 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 shouldn’t be linked to non-performance or anti-incumbency, however it was linked to his involvement in defeating former chief of opposition Rajendra Rathore from Churu. After Rathore complained to the senior management, it took cognisance of anti-party actions and he was denied ticket,” the BJP insider stated.
But it surely was not the Churu MP alone who got here out towards the BJP management. Two-time former MP Jaswant Bishnoi, too, has come out with a sequence of cryptic tweets after he discovered himself out of rivalry for the election.
“I’ve determined that now I’ll write a submit after the announcement of elections; after that I cannot write any type of submit 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 stated that he could be returning to medical occupation.
Equally, Bhopal MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who has been denied ballot ticket, has now taken up marketing campaign towards 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 gas to the hearth is that they’re from two communities with a well 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 turned one in every of 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’ve sought time from the get together president to know what was my fault and why the get together denied me the ticket. After that, my folks will determine what must be my path. It’s my individuals who will determine (my subsequent step); solely after that I’ll determine my subsequent course (of motion). Our household has been in politics for the final 40 years,” Kaswan instructed ThePrint.
One other senior BJP functionary defined that there have been a number of components behind selecting candidates for the electoral battle.
“The get together decides tickets on a number of parameters, however winnability is a very powerful (parameter). In some circumstances, regardless of good studies, the candidates have been modified to usher in new faces because the get together must accommodate aspirations of different employees as nicely. The get together has expanded at such a stage that it might’t ignore their aspirations,” the second BJP functionary instructed ThePrint.
In the meantime, the disquiet over ballot nominations reared its head in Kerala as nicely the place the BJP is making an attempt exhausting to make inroads. Veteran chief P.C.George got here out brazenly towards Anil Antony after the latter was made the BJP candidate from Pathanamthitta.
The BJP brass took be aware of the matter and prodded Anil Antony to succeed in out to George for calming down nerves and for searching for his blessing. On Monday, the BJP candidate met George who is claimed to have promised him to safe assist within the election.
(Edited by Tony Rai)
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