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Vasundhara Raje
Bharatiya Janata Party
Vasundhara Raje
Vasundhara Raje is a veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan for two terms -- from 2003 to 2008 and from 2013 to 2018. She is a National Vice-President of the BJP since January 10, 2019. At present, she is a Member of the Rajasthan Assembly from Jhalrapatan constituency.
Raje followed the footsteps of her mother, Vijaya Raje Scindia, to the BJP. She won her first election from the Dholpur Assembly constituency in 1985. She married Maharaj Rana Hemant Singh, of the royal Dholpur family, on 17 November 1972, but the couple separated a year later. She was a Cabinet minister is the National Democratic Alliance government under Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Centre.
She has been involved in controversies now and then. The Dholpur royal was alleged to have helped absconding businessman Lalit Modi control the Rajasthan cricket board despite being banned by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) through biased legislation.
In 2015, the Congress alleged that Vasundhara's son Dushyant Singh had illegally converted Dholpur Palace into a hotel. Lalit Modi was said to have invested in the project.
On January 10, 2019, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) appointed former Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje, as one of the party's national vice-presidents. Raje's appointment, bringing in the powerful state leader into the national politics, came a month after she was defeated in the Rajasthan Assembly elections by the Congress.
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It's not political, says Vasundhara Raje as her Mewar yatra creates buzz
The yatra that will cover six districts has created a buzz as it is seen as an attempt to reassert her position in the state BJP| November 23, 2021, Tuesday -
Next CM in Rajasthan will be one preferred by people: Vasundhara Raje
Senior BJP leader and former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje on Friday said the state's next chief minister would be the ...| October 22, 2021, Friday -
Rajasthan bypolls: Vasundhara, Meghwal among star campaigners for BJP
Former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje, Union ministers Bhupendra Yadav, Gajendra Singh, Arjun Meghwal and Kailash Chaudhary have ...| October 12, 2021, Tuesday -
Gehlot govt sleeping when people are suffering due to floods: Raje
BJP National Vice President Vasundhara Raje made a scathing attack on the Gehlot government after taking an aerial tour of the ...| August 10, 2021, Tuesday -
The original dynasts
Book review of The House of Scindias: A Saga of Power, Politics and Intrigue| July 22, 2021, Thursday -
Loyalists rally behind Vasundhara Raje, demand she be made BJP's CM face
She's currently a national vice-president in the BJP and holds an office traditionally regarded as "ornamental", unlike the post ...| February 21, 2021, Sunday -
Vasundhara Raje should approach PM over rising fuel prices: Cong leader
Congress leader Mahesh Joshi said that former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje should take up the issue of the rising ...| January 14, 2021, Thursday -
Raje discusses tourism, culture with members of Rajasthani diaspora in UK
Former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje held a detailed discussion with members of the Rajasthani diaspora in the United Kingdom on ...| October 03, 2020, Saturday -
Vasundhara Raje meets Rajnath Singh amid Rajasthan political crisis
Former chief minister and BJP leader Vasundhara Raje met senior party leader and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday and ...| August 08, 2020, Saturday -
People of Rajasthan paying for internal strife in Congress: Vasundhara Raje
Former Rajasthan CMP Vasundhara Raje said it was unfortunate that people of Rajasthan were paying the price for the internal ...| July 18, 2020, Saturday