Rajasthan BJP working committee pledges to take welfare schemes to masses
5 months, 1 week ago

Rajasthan BJP working committee pledges to take welfare schemes to masses

The Hindu  

The working committee of Bharatiya Janata Party’s Rajasthan unit, which met on July 13welfare for the first time after the party came to power in the State in December 2023, took a pledge to take the public welfare schemes and policies of the “double engine” government to the masses. While the participants discussed the strategies for the upcoming by-elections at five Assembly seats in the State, Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma said the BJP attached significance to each party worker and their contribution remained in the notice of the party’s leadership. Union Ministers Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Bhupender Yadav, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Bhagirath Chaudhary, BJP national general secretary Dushyan Gautam, State election in-charge Vinay Sahastrabuddhe and BJP State president C.P. Mr. Sharma said he was a “small party worker” who was selected by the party’s leadership to head the State government.

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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India Today  

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India Today  

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4 years, 5 months ago

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The Hindu  

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4 years, 5 months ago

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The Hindu  

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4 years, 5 months ago

Rajasthan political crisis | BJP wary after Maharashtra experience

The Hindu  

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