Rift in Rajasthan BJP, 40 legislators offer
to resign
Monday May 07, 2012 09:16:03 AM,
IANS
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Jaipur/New Delhi: The
rift within the Bharatiya Janata Party's Rajasthan unit widened
Sunday after over 40 legislators offered to resign in favour of
senior party leader and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje,
sources said. The party's central leadership, however, sought to
play down the division, saying it will be resolved internally.
The simmering differences within the party had come to the fore
Saturday evening when Raje resigned from the party's primary
membership over senior BJP legislator Gulab Chand Kataria's 'Lok
Jagaran Yatra'.
Demanding that the yatra be cancelled, Raje stormed out of the
party's core committee meeting in Jaipur and announced her
resignation. Katariya had called off the yatra immediately after
Raje's threat, however, party sources said that political
tug-of-war is yet to finish.
"Over 40 legislators including Kalicharan Saraf, Digamber Singh,
Gyan Dev Ahuja, Rohitashva Sharma, Ashok Parnami and Mohanlal
Gupta offered their resignation to Raje by afternoon. They met her
at her Jaipur residence where a series of meetings are being
held," said a senior BJP leader pleading anonymity.
"The political differences have put the party's headquarters in
New Delhi on high alert keeping in view the state assembly
elections in Rajasthan next year. Senior party leaders in New
Delhi are in contact with Raje and state president Arun Chaturvedi,"
said the leader.
The core committee meeting was being held Saturday to decide upon
the date of the commencement of Katariya's yatra. Sources said
that Raje was in favour of yatra being postponed while Katariya
was adamant on continuing his plans and flag it off May 9.
"There had been differences between Raje and Kataria in the past.
Katariya was avoiding party meetings recently to mark his
protest," said another senior party office-bearer.
In New Delhi, party spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that
Raje had already indicated that any rift will be resolved with
internally.
"It is internal matter of the party. It will be resolved
internally," he said.
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