Vasundhara Raje, Balaknath or a new face? Rajasthan sees 'resort politics', key meetings as BJP mulls CM pick
Yogi Balaknath — met party leadership over the week. While "resort" politics — allegedly led by Raje's son Dushyant Singh — unfolded, Balaknath said in a recent tweet that he is "yet to gain experience under the guidance of the Prime Minister". ALSO READ: Who is the chief minister? Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram: What we know so far With his name doing the rounds for the post of the next chief minister of Rajasthan, Baba Balaknath wrote on X on Saturday, “...Ignore the discussions going on in the media and social media after the election results are out.
I have yet to gain experience under the guidance of the Prime Minister." Balaknath's recent post has fueled speculations that he might be out of the CM race now. He won the Rajasthan Assembly election from Tijara and later resigned as the Member of Parliament from Alwar. Balaknath is known as ‘Rajasthan ka Yogi’ and is the eighth mahant of Baba Mast Nath Math.
He won from his constituency, Tijara, by a margin of 6,173 votes, defeating the Congress candidate Imran Khan. Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje met BJP national president JP Nadda in Delhi on December 7. Meanwhile, Mahant Balak Nath met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the same day, Business Today reported.
Before visiting Delhi, Raje had met about 25 BJP MLAs just a day after the election results. Though the MLAs termed it a courtesy meeting, they said they would support Raje if the party leadership chooses her for the post in the state, news agency PTI reported. The MLAs, who had visited Raje's residence in Jaipur, included Kalicharan Saraf, Babu Singh Rathore, Prem Chand Bairwa, Govind Ranipuria, Kalulal Meena, KK Vishnoi, Pratap Singh Singhvi, Gopichand Meena,
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