BJP has respected the legacy of former Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat by “giving me a ticket”, former Rajasthan minister and multiple-time MLA Narpat Singh Rajvi told News18 in Jaipur. Rajvi, the son-in-law of late Shekhawat, was finally declared Chittorgarh’s candidate on Saturday by the BJP.
Rajvi had protested after his ticket from his sitting seat of Vidyadhar Nagar in Jaipur was given to Rajsamand MP and Jaipur royal Diya Kumari, with Rajvi attacking her, saying Kumari’s family had kneeled once before the Mughals. “I did not protest…you should ask the supporters why they did. I am a BJP worker. I do not need to meet Diya Kumari, I have not been to her home for 40 years,” Rajvi told News18, minutes after his ticket was declared. He was earlier the health minister in the Vasundhara Raje government and is seen as close to her. Firecrackers were burst at his house in Jaipur Civil Lines after he got a ticket.
Both Rajvi and Diya Kumari are Rajput faces for the BJP in Rajasthan, a community that moved away from the party in the last elections, contributing to its defeat. Rajvi has hence been placated by giving him a ticket from his earlier seat of Chittorgarh, where the ticket of a two-time sitting MLA has been cut by the party. “There is a legacy of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in Rajasthan from day one, there is no doubt about it. I am proud of that legacy. It is not easy to walk on that line. Everything is fair now…there will be no problem for me in Chittorgarh seat,” Rajvi said.
Rajvi said the Gehlot government will lose the elections on the issue of lawlessness. “The law and order situation and crimes against women is for all to see in Rajasthan and nothing more needs to be said. The Congress is a master in blame game but the public wants results and they have been a failure in giving results,” Rajvi told News18.
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