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Meet Udaipurwati MLA Rajendra Singh Gudha, the man who knows too much

Gudha may be called an 'opportunist' seeking an opportunity and finding himself falling between two stools, but he has dog-eared the pages of Rajasthan's politics

Rajendra Singh Gudha
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Rajendra Singh Gudha

Aditi Phadnis

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All of Rajasthan is abuzz with excitement over a red diary. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned it during his recent public meeting at Sikar. The question arises: who and what is behind this red diary?

Rajendra Singh Gudha, a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Udaipurwati, is part of the Jhunjhunu Lok Sabha (LS) seat. He was initially elected as an MLA from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in 2008.

In 2009, he orchestrated a coup of sorts by moving all five BSP MLAs, who had won in the previous Assembly election, to the Congress. As a reward, he was made