Bharatiya Janta Party’s general secretary and former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje was among the early voters in the desert state this morning. She tweeted a photo showing her inked finger and appealed to people to come out in large numbers to vote.
Come out in big numbers with your family and vote!
लोकतंत्र के इस महापर्व पर अपने परिवार के साथ उत्साहपूर्वक मतदान करें और फिर एक बार #NewIndia का संकल्प लें।
मैंने अपना कर्तव्य निभाया!
अब आपकी बारी है। #VoteKar pic.twitter.com/DFKjiYVmJj— Chowkidar Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) April 29, 2019
Raje tweeted along with a photo in which she is seen flanked by her son Dushyant Singh, the BJP candidate from Jhalawar, and his wife Niharika.
“To beat the heat, we are putting tents and hopefully most people will complete voting by 10:30-11 so that they don’t have to stand in the heat for very long,” Raje told media. “There is special responsibility for the young and I hope they will come out in good numbers. There’s a lot of excitement about making Modi PM again,” said the former chief minister.
The BJP took all the 25 seats in Rajasthan in the 2014 Lok Sabha election.
For this year’s national election, Raje has spent most of her time campaigning for her son – who is fighting his fourth election – in Jhalawar, apart from putting an appearance in Barmer, Jaisalmer, and Rajsamand.
Raje was voted out of power in the Rajasthan assembly election in December last year, though she retained her Jhalawar seat with a margin of 30,000 votes. Jhalawar is clearly a constituency that identifies with Vasundhara Raje.
