Raje loyalists flay Beniwal over threat to withdraw support
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Raje loyalists flay Beniwal over threat to withdraw support
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Jaipur: Some BJP leaders loyal to former chief minister Vasundhara Raje had taken to task Rashtriya Loktantik Pary (RLP) leader Hanuman Beniwal, an NDA ally, over his threat of withdrawal of support to NDA over farm laws. Former minister and BJP MLA from Chhabra Pratap Singh Singhvi and former MLAs Prahlad Gujjar and Bhawani Singh Rajawat, Vidhya Shanker Nandwana in a joint statement asked why the party is tolerating the shenanigans of Beniwal.Former BJP president Ashok Parmani also joined the chorus and condemned Beniwal on Thursday. Incidentally, all these leaders are Raje loyalists. Beniwal, a former BJP leader, left the party after differences with Raje.Beniwal formed the new political outfit before the Lok Sabha polls and got elected from the Nagaur seat with the support of BJP and had three MLAs in the assembly.They pointed out that the BJP did not require his support and it was only Beniwal who approached the BJP for support.The leaders pointed out that RLP influence is confined to a district and its influence is confined to a caste. They also accused Beniwal of indulging in mudslinging on former chief minister and popular leader Raje.The leaders in a letter to party president J P Nadda and home minister Amit Shah said that the RLP MP is giving threat of withdrawal of support to the NDA on farm laws daily.They said in Rajasthan the BJP has strong popular support and only with a difference of 15 lakh votes the party lost power in the last assembly elections, they said.Besides, RLP had put up its own candidates in the ongoing panchayat polls against BJP which is gross indiscipline on the part of Beniwal. They said the party losing the support of three RLP MLAs do not make any difference for the party in the state.Beniwal in a tweet said, “The BJP leaders should not forget that it is in the opposition in the state and instead of targeting me they should attack the state government on its failures.”
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The Times of India
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2020-12-04
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Jaipur