New Delhi: Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje is likely to resign as Leader of Opposition in state Assembly on Monday. Raje will be meeting senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders in New Delhi.
She will also meet former BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu who is said to be acting as the mediator between her and BJP central leadership.
Before putting in her papers Raje is likely to insist on some benefits for herself and her supporters in the party.
Sources say she wants an honourable exit for herself and reinstatement of suspended MLAs. She is likely to agree to a position in the party's central leadership.
Sources close to Raje said that she had made up her mind not to prolong the crisis and obey the directive of the central leadership.
MLAs Rajender Singh Rathore and Gyan Dev Ahuja were suspended from the primary membership of the party on disciplinary grounds on August 18.
The BJP top brass's deadline for her to step down as leader of Opposition in Rajasthan also expires on Monday. BJP President Rajnath Singh had asked Raje to quit taking responsibility for the drubbing the party suffered in Rajasthan in the Lok Sabha polls.
Meanwhile, former RSS chief KS Sudarshan is also meeting BJP leader LK Advani in New Delhi. The meeting assumes significance as the BJP is grappling with leadership crisis following its debacle in the Lok Sabha elections.
However, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has already said that the BJP was capable of solving its problem.
The RSS is also preparing to hold its annual three-day meet in Dehradun. The meet will begin on Tuesday at the Aura Valley ashram.
Prominent RSS leaders like Mohan Bhagwat, Bhaiyaji Joshi and Suresh Soni have already arrived in Dehradun for the meet.
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