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Vasundhara Raje’s poll gift to Rajputs & Jats

CM names local infra after Jat deity Tejaji and Rajput icon Bhairon Singh

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Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (R), one of the front-runners for the now vacant post of state BJP stands besides CM Vasundhara Raje.
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Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Thursday was accorded a warm welcome by the Rajput and jat communities in Jodhpur where she attened a community event.

The interesting aspect of the reception was that Raje and Minister of State for agriculture and farmers welfare Gajendra Singh Shekhawat appeared besides her on stage for the first time since his name was lobbed for the post of now-vacant state BJP president. 

Raje said that people of BJS colony have always supported her and the party. The reception was aimed at sending a message that the Rajput community is with the BJP. As an honour, Raje was presented a sword and a chundri (traditional outfit) by the Rajput community members. She also inaugurated and laid foundation stone for a number of projects. Raje first inaugurated an overbridge at Saran Nagar named after Tejaji, a local deity, revered by the Jat community, and laid the foundation stone of a bridge in Rajput-dominant locality, proposed to be named after Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.

Addressing a public gathering, she claimed that development projects worth Rs 13,500 crore were carried out in the city despite the former Congress government leaving a debt of Rs 1,200 crore.

Raje’s visit to the city, the hometown of Congress leader Ashok Gehlot and Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, is being viewed as crucial for the party ahead of the assembly election.

At her first programme, supporters of Khinwsar MLA Hanuman Beniwal, who is Raje’s arch opponent, shouted slogans against her. Police resorted to lathicharge to disperse the crowd and detained three of them.

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The interesting aspect of the reception was that Raje and Minister of State for agriculture and farmers welfare Gajendra Singh Shekhawat appeared besides her on stage for the first time since his name was lobbed for the post of now-vacant state BJP president.

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