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BJP’s ‘last-minute’ pivot to keep Rajasthan camps at bay — Nadda, Shah to flag off Parivartan Yatra
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- Aug 31, 2023
BJP’s ‘last-minute’ pivot to keep Rajasthan camps at bay — Nadda, Shah to flag off Parivartan Yatra
Rajasthan BJP workers haven't been taking much interest in the yatra after learning their state leaders won't be leading, it is learnt. Party says Vasundhara Raje to attend.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president J.P. Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will flag off the first two legs of the party’s Parivartan Yatra in poll-bound Rajasthan on 2 and 3 September, respectively.
According to party sources, the BJP had initially planned for its state leaders — former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, former state BJP chief Satish Poonia, and Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, among others — to lead different legs of the yatra, but this plan was shelved at the last minute to prevent infighting within the party’s state unit.
However, this seems to have had a side-effect: party workers affiliated with ‘different camps’ within the Rajasthan BJP are not showing much interest in the yatra upon learning that the various legs will not be flagged off by their respective leaders.
“There are so many camps within the Rajasthan BJP and now that individual state leaders are not leading different legs of the yatra, their workers are also not showing much enthusiasm. Abhi mahol nahin ban paaya hai (we are yet to create a favourable environment),” a senior Rajasthan BJP leader told ThePrint.
Covering a total distance of 9,000 km, the BJP’s Parivartan Yatra will likely conclude on 25 September with a public meeting to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jaipur.
The first leg of the yatra will be flagged off by BJP president J.P. Nadda on 2 September at Trinetra Ganesha Temple in Sawai Madhopur. Covering a distance of 1,847 km across 47 assembly constituencies, it will conclude in Jaipur.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will flag off the second leg at Beneshwar Dham in Dungarpur on 3 September. This leg will cover 2,433 km across 52 assembly constituencies before concluding in Kota city.
The third leg, from Ramdevra temple in Jaisalmer to Jodhpur, will be flagged off by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 4 September and will cover 51 assembly constituencies. And the fourth leg, from Gogamedi temple in Hanumangarh to Alwar, will be flagged off by Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari on 5 September, covering a distance of 2,128 km across 50 assembly constituencies.
