Staff Reporter n Bastar Royal family has signalled of joining active politics in the State soon. Addressing a Press conference at Jagdalpur on Saturday, sitting head of the royal family Maharaja Kamal Chandra Bhanj Deo declared that he was going to the people of Bastar as a social activist.
He said that he want to know their condition and the problems they are facing presently and if the situation warranted and people of Bastar needed his services he would join active politics in the near future.
Talking to media persons, the 22nd Maharaja of Bastar lauded the efforts of Raman Government saying that he himself has seen the development of Dantewada and beautification of Danteshwari temple premises as well.
He termed the division of Bastar in to seven districts as a right step of the Government in view of giving momentum to the development and demanded that now the time has come to give momentum to development in small villages also as was the desire of late Maharaja Praveer Chandra Bhanj Deo.
However, the young Maharaja denied the rumour of having already consented to joining the Bharatiya Janata Party fold saying that for him all options are open and added that presently it was most important to establish cottage industries in Bastar villages to solve the growing problem of unemployment.
At the same time, Praveer Vahini chief Kumar Jai Deo said that Bastar people were anxious to see the royal family representation in active politics and in this regard decision would be taken in near future. According to him, the royal family will either put up candidates on 8 assembly constituencies of Bastar or can extend help to national parties/ third front in the coming election.
This will become clear in the next 2 months, Kumar Jai Deo added. He however, not ruled out that Maharaja Kamal Chandra Bhanj Deo could be BJP candidate in the coming Assembly poll.
In the press conference Rajput Dhakad Samaj divisional secretary Jagat Singh Thakur, district president Vinayak Thakur, district vice president Randhir Singh Thakur personal advisor Shri Trinath and others were present.