Days after BJP picked the scion of the erstwhile royal family of Mysuru Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar as its candidate for Mysuru Lok Sabha constituency in the Lok Sabha elections, a debate over his “Raja” and “Maharaja” tag has begun to rage in political circles.
After Chief Minister Siddaramaiah refused to acknowledge Mr. Yaduveer as “Raja” and said he was merely a BJP candidate, the scion himself said that the Indian law and the Constitution does not confer any special rights or titles like “Raja” and “Rani”.
When reporters sought to draw Mr. Yaduveer’s attention to Mr. Siddaramaiah’s statement, he said the statement had not come to his notice.
