As former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje arrives in Gogunda — a village also known as the Rajtilak Sthal (place of coronation) of Maharana Pratap — for the first of a long series of campaign events on Friday, her own shot at the State’s top political throne is uncertain. For the first time since 2003, she is not being projected as the BJP’s Chief Ministerial face in the State.
A highway divides Gogunda village from its fields; on one side, a crowd of men and children are patiently waiting to see Ms. Raje’s helicopter land on the freshly built helipad. On the other side, in a pandal built for the former CM’s speech, a group of women decked in traditional ghagra choli and silver jewellery are being invited to sit on the ground at the front of the stage.
Editorial | Jaipur gamble: On the Rajasthan Assembly elections
