Jaipur : Rajasthan’s Bhajan Lal government is fighting on two fronts in the assembly. On one hand, the opposition has opened a front against the government, on the other hand, the leaders who were ministers in the Vasundhara government are also increasing the government’s tension in the House. In the last 15 days, there have been 5 such occasions when the Bhajan Lal government has been embarrassed in the assembly due to the leaders who were ministers in the Vasundhara government. On three occasions, the ministers of the government got so entangled that they had to even talk about an investigation. This siege of the ruling party MLAs in the House has raised questions in the political corridors that why are these leaders doing this?
Vasundhara is also active after the Lok Sabha elections
After the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje is also seen active. Recently, Vasundhara reached among the people on a scooty in her area Jhalrapatan. This picture of her made a lot of headlines in the political corridors. Her sudden activism in this way was also discussed. Not only this, a dialogue of hers with the MLAs in the corridors of the assembly also went viral. It is said that during the assembly session, Vasundhara assured her supporting MLAs and said ‘Wait we will fight’. Not only this, after the Lok Sabha elections, many big leaders have openly supported Vasundhara Raje. Among them, the name of former MP from Sikar, Sumedhanand Saraswati is prominent. Saraswati said that if Vasundhara was in power in Rajasthan, we would not have lost Churu and other seats due to caste reasons.
Now those 3 MLAs, whose questions caused embarrassment
1. Anita Bhadel on the front foot
Anita Bhadel, MLA from Ajmer South and who was a minister in the Vasundhara Raje government, is quite vocal in the assembly session. In the last 5 days, Anita’s questions have brought the government into disrepute in the assembly. 4 days ago, Anita had asked a question about non-availability of water. Water supply minister Kanhaiyalal Chaudhary was answering this. Anita was not satisfied with the question.
Realizing the gravity of the situation, the speaker scolded the water supply minister. Speaker Vasudev Devnani said that the MLA’s question is correct. In my city Ajmer too, water is coming every 4 days. If you fix this, you will receive blessings from the public.
On Thursday too, Anita Bhadel was seen increasing the troubles of Bhajanlal government in the assembly. During the debate on a bill in the house, Anita even said that despite the BJP government, she is not being allowed to speak.
Actually, Anita was cornering the government on the bill, but the speaker asked her to sit down citing time. Anita ignored the speaker and kept on speaking. There was a heated argument between the two on this.
2. Minister the target of the goldsmith?
Kalicharan Saraf, MLA from Malviya Nagar, Jaipur, who was a powerful minister in the Vasundhara government, is also seen increasing the problems of the Bhajan Lal government in the assembly. On July 23, Kalicharan Saraf asked a question about the purchase of dialysis machines during the Gehlot government. Saraf said that the minister should tell how much corruption has taken place in this? On this, minister Gajendra Singh Khinvsar said that there has been no corruption in this purchase. On this, Saraf got angry. He said that you are reading only what the officers are giving you in writing. Has there been no corruption in this purchase? The minister, who came on the back foot after Saraf’s rebuke, said that the entire matter will be investigated.
Saraf targeted the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs on Thursday as well. Actually, the first rain of the monsoon has thrown the city of Jaipur into disarray. On this, the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs said that arrangements for drainage are being made. Everything is on track and no one has died so far. Kalicharan Saraf got angry at this statement of the minister. He said that 3 people have died in Jaipur. The minister became silent on Saraf’s statement. Later, the Chief Minister accepted the death of 3 people due to rain in Jaipur and announced compensation for them.
3. Kriplani is also not behind
The questions of Nimbahera MLA Shrichand Kriplani have made the government uncomfortable many times in the assembly. Last month, while answering a question, Kriplani had targeted the working style of the government. Actually, Kriplani asked a question about opening child and mother centers in areas with low population. When Health Minister Gajendra Singh Khinvsar started answering this, Kriplani got up in the middle. Kriplani said that he is unable to understand the working of the government. On one hand, the government says to control the population, on the other hand, they do not want to do this work in areas with low population.
Big question- why are you protesting?
Kalicharan Saraf, Shrichand Kriplani and Anita Bhadel have been ministers in the past as well. After the elections, Anita Bhadel’s name was also considered for the post of Chief Minister. It is being said that the biggest reason for the protest is that despite being experienced, these leaders are not being made ministers in the new BJP government. On the other hand, the ministers who have been made ministers in the Bhajanlal government have much less experience than these leaders. Shrichand Kriplani has been the Urban Development Minister in the Vasundhara government. Kalicharan had big departments like health. In such a situation, when these leaders do not get answers to their questions, they do not want to miss the opportunity to protest. Another reason for the protest is being told that there is a tradition of changing the government every 5 years in Rajasthan. In such a situation, it is being discussed that if these leaders do not become ministers in this government, then their problems may increase in the coming time. Kalicharan Saraf is currently 72 years old.
