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Rajasthan BJP issues show cause notice to minister Kirodi Lal Meena over his phone-tapping allegation – India TV

Rajasthan BJP issues show cause notice to minister Kirodi Lal Meena over his phone-tapping allegation – India TV

Image Source : PTI/FILE Rajasthan Cabinet Minister Kirodi Lal Meena The BJP Rajasthan unit president Madan Rathore has sent a show cause to state minister Kirodi Lal Meena for “tarnishing” the government’s reputation by alleging that his phone was being tapped, party leaders said on Monday. However, Meena claimed ignorance about it and asserted that he was the party’s “disciplined soldier” and would send his reply within the stipulated time once he received the notice. Meena made the statement during a public meeting after which the opposition Congress had raised the issue in the Rajasthan Assembly, causing embarrassment to the BJP government. Raking the issue, Congress had demanded Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma’s resignation. Leader of the Opposition Tika Ram Jully did not even give a speech on the Governor’s address in protest. Congress MLAs kept raising slogans during the chief minister’s speech. In the show cause notice, the BJP said Meena’s statement tarnished the government’s reputation. “You are a member of the BJP and have been elected MLA from Sawai Madhopur region on the party ticket. You …

In Rajasthan, BJP mandal polls hang fire amid infighting, delay state chief selection | Political Pulse News

In Rajasthan, BJP mandal polls hang fire amid infighting, delay state chief selection | Political Pulse News

The BJP’s ongoing organisational polls have been delayed in the party-ruled Rajasthan, where the elections of one-third of the mandal presidents have still not taken place due to tussle between various party factions to get their nominees chosen. This has made a cascading impact on the elections of the BJP’s district committee chiefs and that of the state party chief as they have also got delayed. According to the BJP’s constitution, the state party chief can only be elected after at least 50% of the district presidents are named. Similarly, the district president can be elected only following the appointment of at least 50% of the mandal presidents. BJP sources said the party leadership has now directed its Rajasthan unit to complete the process of naming all mandal chiefs to be followed by the appointment of the district presidents. The election of the state party president was to take place on 30 December last year with the mandal and district committees supposed to be in place by November 30 and December 15 respectively, as per …