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Jaipur, Sep 11 : BJP president Amit Shah, who arrived here Tuesday for a one-day visit, offered prayers at the Motidungari Ganesh temple here before going on to address party workers and others at four meetings.
Shah went to the temple from the airport with a delegation, including BJP's Rajasthan unit president Madan Lal Saini, Jaipur MP Ramcharan Bohra, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Arun Chaturvedi and Health Minister Kalicharan Saraf.
This is Shah's third visit since July to the poll-bound state ruled by the party.
He is scheduled to attend four events -- Shakti Kendra Sammelan, Nagar Nikay (local bodies) Sammelan, Sahkarita (cooperative) Sammelan and a Prabuddhjan (intellectual) Sammelan at the Suraj Maidan and the Birla Auditorium.
He will address members of poll-booth committees in the Shakti Kendra Sammelan and meet BJP elected representatives in local bodies in the Nagar Nikay Sammelan, party leaders said.
The party president will have direct dialogue with workers and this will give a very positive message. Our political activities have already started with the beginning of the chief minister's Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra, BJP's national vice president Avinash Rai Khanna said.
Shah was in Jaipur on July 21 to hold meetings with party leaders and functionaries. On August 4, he was in Rajsamand to flag off Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra.
He is expected to make multiple visits to address party workers in different cities of the state in the days to come.
The BJP chief was welcomed by the head of the party's state unit Madan Saini, Jaipur mayor Ashok Lahoti and other leaders on his arrival at Jaipur airport from where he left for the temple.
Shah's vehicle was escorted by a motorcycle rally taken out by enthusiastic party workers.
New Delhi, Aug 8: The Delhi High Court today dismissed a plea seeking an FIR and a CBI probe against Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and her son for allegedly getting compensation of Rs 1.97 crore by selling a piece of government land to NHAI for widening a national highway in 2010.
Justice R K Gauba rejected the petition which had also challenged an April 18, 2015 decision of a special CBI court here.
The trial court had refused to order a probe into the allegation against Raje and her son, saying no prior sanction was obtained as required under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The high court had earlier asked the prosecution counsel to place before him the notification by which the court was set up.
The trial court had dismissed the private complaint by a Rajasthan-based lawyer, saying there was no sanction order to prosecute them under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
According to the petition by lawyer Srijana Shrestha, Raje was not a public servant at the time of the alleged commission of the offence in 2010 and was Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan legislative assembly.
The petition said Raje and her son had allegedly illegally claimed ownership of a 567 square metre piece of land adjoining the Dholpur Palace in Dholpur town and sold it to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for Rs 1.97 crore, causing a loss to the state exchequer. (PTI)
Jaipur, Jun 23 : Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje was today conferred the 'Chief Minister of the Year' award for her remarkable work in e-governance.
The award was given at the 52nd Skoch Summit held in New Delhi.
Union Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh was the chief guest at the function.
The award was received by Raje's OSD in advisory council Dr Anuj Saxena and joint director of IT department R L Solanki on her behalf from Skoch Group chairman Sameer Kochhar, according to an official statement issued here.
Efforts of the chief minister and state government were appreciated in implementing the prime minister's Digital India campaign for benefitting the common man, it said. PTI
New Delhi, Mar 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted Rajasthan Chief Minister
Vasundhara Raje on her birthday.
'Birthday greetings to Rajasthan CM @VasundharaBJP Ji. In her
long political career, she has assiduously served the people of Rajasthan and
our nation. May Almighty bless her with a long life and good health,' the PM
said in a tweet. UNI
Jaipur,
Oct 27: BJP leader and former Minister Digambar Singh passed away at a
hospital here following a prolonged illness on Friday. Singh, who had served as
minister in previous Vasundhara Raje government, breathed his last at 1015 hrs.
Singh, who was ailing for the past some time was admitted from Bharatpur to
Jaipur hospital on Diwali when his health deteriorated. Born on October 1,
1951, at village Barkhera Faujdar in Bharatpur district, Singh represented
Deeg-Kumher constituency in the Assembly. He was appointed as the vice chairman
of the 20-point programme by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. UNI
