JAIPUR: BJP ’s national president Amit Shah on Saturday said Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje would lead the party in the assembly elections, erasing doubts over projecting her as the party’s CM candidate.

While addressing the concluding session of the two-day meeting of the state committee, Shah endorsed Raje’s leadership a number of times. “The war has begun and there should not be any confusion anymore. To those, who come to Delhi complaining, that should not be the case any more. Vasundhara Raje has done some excellent work here and BJP is sure to win. Don’t doubt that,” a BJP member who was present at the meeting quoted Shah as saying.

After the meeting, the CM’s office released a press release which quoted Shah as saying: “Raje will be sworn in as the CM once again with a thumping majority.” Making it clear that there was no place for indiscipline or infighting in BJP, Shah said: “This is a poll-bound state and this meeting should be considered nothing less than the ground work for election.” He advised party workers to put in at least 18 hours of work each day.

