Rajasthan: Posters of ex-CM Vasundhara Raje, son appear in Jhalawar district with ‘missing’ tag

KOTA: A day after a poster of former chief minister Vasundhara Raje was removed from the state BJP headquarters, another poster controversy has erupted in different parts of Jhalawar district on Thursday, which said that theleader was ‘missing’.
The writing in these posters claim that Raje, the BJP MLA from Jhalrapatan, and her son Dushyant Singh, MP from Jhalawar-Baran, have been “missing” amid the Covid wave and those finding the two shall be rewarded.
The posters have been put up behalf of ‘Tormented people of Jhalawar.’
The posters depict the pictures and designations of Raje and Singh and question on their whereabouts.
“You should not be scared to come back, we the people shall forget everything in two to four days and you can then continue with your corrupt arrangements. No one shall say anything to you,” read the message.
“Vasundhraji has been contesting election from here for last 30-35 years and her son Dushyantji since 2000 but none of them ever visited their people in Jhalawar in times of need and pandemic. The two have not even got a permanent residence in the constituency,” said Pramod Sharma, a local Congress leader, who contested against Singh in last parliamentary elections.
“They fight the election from dak bungalows and hotels and move away after winning never to look back to hear public grievances,” he alleged.
“The pasting of pamphlets and posters of the ‘missing’ MLA and MP with their photos is to kick off the Jan Jagran Abhyan against public representatives by social workers, who also included the Congress workers,” Sharma said.
Sanjay Jain ‘Tau’, Jhalawar district BJP president, termed the pasting of posters as a new low of politcial discourse. “Ex-CM Raje since the very first day of Covid outbreak has been active in her home constituency while maintaining round-the-clock interaction through video conferencing with district collector, SP, party workers and mandal heads and provided instant help and relief to locals. No Covid deaths due to lack of medicine or oxygen in the district is proof of Raje’s and Singh’s active role in Jhalawar during the pandemic,”Jain claimed.
On no visit by Raje to Jhalawar during the crisis, Jain said the MLA’s daughter-in-law herself was infected by Covid and it was also necessary for her to take care of her family.
According to local sources, Raje has not visited her home constituency for over last two years. She reportedly visited Jhalawar only twice after her election in December 2018, first time to thank the voters and second at the time of nomination of her son to contest parliamentary election in May 2019. Singh last visited his constituency during local body election in January.