Kumari and her mother Padmini Devi had a public spat with Raje during the latter’s term as chief minister in 2016. Raje was forced to back off from taking action against alleged encroachment by the Rajmahal Palace here, owned by Kumari’s family
With around 45 rebels from the Congress and the BJP jumping into the fray, speculation is rife if they will be kingmakers in Rajasthan and will dent the prospective voters of the official candidates of the two leading parties.Both the Congress .
The comparison between Diya and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia is inevitable. Both are royals and women who have based their politics in a feudal state like Rajasthan. What has been ironical is that though Diya credits Scindia as her "political mentor", there are now murmurs in Jaipur that BJP is trying to cultivate the political greenhorn as a new power centre to counter Scindia.
Rajasthan Elections: If the Congress is fear-mongering that all freebies will be wiped out if the electorate picks the BJP to rule for the next five years, the BJP is going hammer and tongs with mentions of ‘red diary’ and ‘politics of appeasement’
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