Prez Murmu's visit to Udaipur palace draws criticism from Mewar royal family, including BJP MP, MLA
Udaipur: President Droupadi Murmu's recent visit to the City Palace in Udaipur has sparked controversy among some members of the erstwhile Mewar royal family, including BJP MP and MLA.
President Murmu attended the 32nd convocation of Mohanlal Sukhadia University last week before making a personal visit to the City Palace, where she, along with Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Bagde and Deputy Chief Minister Prem Chand Bairwa, was hosted by Lakshayaraj Singh Mewar and his family.
Mahima Kumari Mewar, BJP MP from Rajsamand, and her husband Vishvaraj Singh Mewar, BJP MLA from Nathdwara, voiced their objections to the President’s visit. They highlighted that the City Palace is currently subject to legal disputes and stated she did not meet Mahendra Singh Mewar (Vishvaraj’s father), whom they regard as the head of the family, as reported by The Indian Express on Monday.
Mahendra Mewar is the elder brother of Arvind Mewar, who is Lakshayaraj Singh’s father. The family traces its ancestry to Maharana Pratap.
Vishvaraj stated that upon learning about the President’s visit to the City Palace, he and his wife wrote a letter to her. “In the letter, we had stated in brief that City Palace is our family property and there is a stay order on it by the courts. Additionally, there is a contempt application pending in the Supreme Court for some part of the property,” he said, as quoted by the publication. The property has been declared as a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) by the Tax Department and is under appeal in the High Court.
The couple also expressed concern that her visit could undermine the dignity of the presidential office, stating, “the President by visiting the above properties is seriously compromising the dignity of the Office, that too without any communication with the Karta and head of the family,” referring to Mahendra Singh. They had requested Murmu to cancel the programme.
“I want to say that a personal visit is fine for a common man but she is the President and there is dignity to the President’s office,” Mahima remarked. She also noted that after contacting the Chief Minister’s Office, the District Collector told her that he had informed the relevant authorities about the ongoing litigation regarding the property. However, she alleged that he did not provide a “correct report” to them.
Meanwhile, Udaipur Collector Arvind Kumar Poswal stated that it was a private event, and no comments were requested from the district administration, nor did they provide a report.
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Social media campaigns, flexboards won't decide who will be Kerala CM: Chennithala
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, a CM hopeful, on Wednesday said that social media campaigns and putting up of flexboards wiill not be the deciding factors for selecting the chief minister of Kerala.
Chennithala made the remark in response to reporters queries in Delhi on the intense social media campaign in favour of V D Satheesan as CM on the ground that he led the UDF poll campaign from the front.
"Who should be CM is not decided based on social media campaigns or the flexboards put up by the supporters. It is decided by the high command in accordance with the procedure already in place.
"As part of that two party observers will reach Kerala by evening and they will speak to all the MLAs. After that, the party high command will take a decision," the senior Congress leader said.
He said that the high command will take the decision based on party interests and everyone will accept it.
Chennithala also rejected queries about whether the alleged contest within the party for the CM post will create any displeasure among the voters.
"There will be no displeasure among voters as there is no contest," he contended.
On whether there was a delay in announcing the CM for Kerala, Chennithala said that the chief minister has not been selected in the other state where polls were held.
"So, can it be said that there is a delay in the case of Kerala?" he asked.
He said that he was in Delhi for a meeting with Rahul Gandhi regarding finalisation of the DCC presidents in Maharashtra.
