Convener of the BJP’s election manifesto committee for Rajasthan and Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday said “development and good governance “will be the basis of the party’s “Sankalp Patra” for the Assembly elections in the State.
Meghwal, who was given a key portfolio of Law Minister by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has now been entrusted with the task of drafting the BJP’s manifesto for Rajasthan. The State, which will go to polls later this year along with Madhya Pradesh and Telangana, is expected to witness a keen electoral battle between the ruling Congress and the BJP.
BJP has excluded former Rajasthan Chief Minster Vijay Raje from the election manifesto panel. The Central leadership is keeping cards close to chest on its choice of potential Chief Ministerial candidate in the State.
Speaking to news persons before the first meeting of the poll manifesto committee at the BJP’s State headquarters at Jaipur, Meghwal accused Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot of indulging in the politics of appeasement.
“Our ‘Sankalp Patra’ (manifesto) will be prepared on the basis of development and good governance,” he said.
BJP national general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh is also in Jaipur to chair meetings of the party’s election management and manifesto committees, which were announced last week.
While Meghwal heads the manifesto committee, former MP Narayan Panchariya is the convener of the 21-member election management committee of the BJP.
Raje confidante Leader of Opposition Rajendra Singh Rathore has also been kept out of the two key committees.