Jaipur: With her fate hanging in balance, Vasundhara Raje, who has been defying a party direction to resign as Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly, on Sunday said she never thought of floating a separate party and invoked the contribution of her mother Vijaya Raje to BJP.
"I have neither made any adverse comments nor any
statement against BJP or its leader or thought of floating any
party," the former chief minister said, adding she was hurt by
the "untrue" statements being attributed to her against the
BJP, which was nurtured by "blood and sweat" of her mother.
In a statement issued after a three-hour meeting with
six MLAs at her residence, Raje said, "The party whose founder
was my mother, the party which was nurtured by her blood and
sweat to strengthen it and her life`s every moment was spent
for party`s interest and ideological thought, for that
mother-like BJP, manipulated and untrue statements are being
attributed to me. I am hurt by it".
"In politics I have my mother as my idol...I have
reached to this height after sharing public grievances in last
20 years," she was quoted as saying in the statement signed by
her media advisor Mahendra Bhardwaj.
Accusing TV news channel of distorting facts, Raje
said, "It is surprising and disappointing that some electronic
media channels were showing news that are baseless and beyond
truth.
"Without talking to me or taking even a byte...the way
some electronic media aired news, is not believable."
"A section of electronic media is misleading public
by tarnishing my image," she alleged.
Bureau Report
