Amid the assembly session, Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Gulab Chand Kataria was appointed as the governor of Assam on Sunday. His elevation to the Governor post has triggered a race among leaders of the saffron party to get the vacant post. The appointment will be considered a hint at the potential face of the party in the coming elections.
Kataria (79) is one of the veteran leaders of BJP in Rajasthan. He is eight times MLA from Udaipur and was an MP as well. He was the Home Minister during the last BJP regime in the state.
๐จ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ป'๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ: ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ
Kataria was surprised by the development and said, โI got informed by the media and the development is unexpected. However, two days back PM Narendra Modi had called and asked about my well-being, but there was no discussion about this.โ
A born RSS hardcore Kataria has won all assembly elections since 1993. He said โI didnโt ask for any post. The party high command thought of me and I will work hard with honesty and dedication.โ
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ'๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
Former CM Vasundhara Raje, BJP state president Satish Punia, deputy leader of opposition Rajendra Rathor and other senior leaders have congratulated Katria for his appointment.
Katariaโs appointment is being taken as politically important for BJP in Rajasthan as it has given many hints for the future direction of the party.
Despite being the Leader of Opposition, due to his age, Kataria was not among the popular contenders for the CM face of the party in Rajasthan and with his appointment as Governor he is out of the race of CM face in the state,
Now the appointment to the post of LoP has become crucial as there are too many faces and it has created a situation of factionalism in the party.
Many leaders including former CM Vasundhara Raje, deputy leader of opposition Rajendra Rathore, and party president Satish Punia are in the race for the post, but a surprising name looking at the BJPs trend cannot be ruled out.
๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฑ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฃ
A senior leader in the party said that it will be interesting to see whether Raje will be appointed as LoP or not as she is a former CM and is still considered to be the popular face of the party.
Katariaโs appointment is also indicating that the party may stick to the formula of not giving tickets to leaders the age of 75 and above.
