Jaipur. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje as the BJP chief in Rajasthan.
The BJP may also declare one of her loyalists as the president of its state unit, according to the sources. The core BJP group in its meeting yesterday had agreed upon Raje's name unanimously, According to the reports. Raje had been the chief minister of Rajasthan from 2003 to 2008. After her government was voted out in the previous state elections, she was reportedly unhappy with the top leadership for not being given prominence in the party. Rajnath Singh in his previous term as the BJP president had reportedly asked Raje to step down as the leader of the opposition in 2009. Last year, Raje had even threatened to quit the party. Vasundhara Raje as CM candidate for next Raj polls? Jaipur: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to declare former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje as the chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming elections in Rajasthan.
