Ahead of state poll, Vasundhara Raje to begin 58-day Gaurav Yatra in Rajasthan todayAhead of state poll, Vasundhara Raje to begin 58-day Gaurav Yatra in Rajasthan today
Jaipur, Aug 4 (IBNS): In the run up to the crucial state poll, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje will embark on her 58-day Gaurav Yatra, which is considered to be the beginning of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s election campaign, in Rajasthan on Saturday.
The Yatra, which consists of seven phases, will end on Sept 30.
BJP national president Amit Shah will launch Raje's poll campaign at the Charbhuja temple in Rajsamandh district, which is 100 km from Udaipur.
Raje, 65, became the Chief Minister for the first time in 2003. She remained in the office till 2008, the year in which the BJP had lost the state poll to the Congress.
With a sweeping majority, the BJP returned to power in 2008 with Raje once again as the Chief Minister.
Her government was in the midst of several controversies with the opposition party, the Congress, accusing it of being involved in corruption.
The Rajasthan poll is crucial for the 2019 General Elections as the Congress is eyeing on to wrest power in the state under the leadership of state chief Sachin Pilot.
In recent Rajasthan by-polls, the saffron outfit suffered setbacks by losing Alwar and Ajmer parliamentary seats as well as Mandalgarh assembly constituency to the Congress.
Not giving much importance to the BJP's poll campaign, the Congress said the real test will be the people's support.
Pilot has been quoted by NDTV as saying, "Vasundhara Raje has to answer people of the state , she never met people when in power for 4 years and now do people want to meet her?"
In the last Assembly polls, the BJP had secured a thumping majority by bagging 163 out of 200 seats. The Congress had won just 21 seats.
The election will be held at the end of 2018.
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