2024-07-07 02:24:57
Jaipur: Bhajanlal government’s cabinet minister Dr. Kirori Lal Meena has resigned from the ministerial post. As he himself is saying that he had sent his resignation on 5 June, the day after the Lok Sabha election results were announced. He again resigned on 25 June. When the Chief Minister did not accept the resignation, it was sent by email. On Friday, 5 July, a copy of the resignation was also handed over to the party’s national president JP Nadda. The state leadership has made every possible effort to persuade Dr. Kirori Lal Meena, but Dr. Meena did not agree. Then the party’s national president called him to Delhi. On Friday, a conversation also took place between the party’s national president JP Nadda and Dr. Kirori Lal Meena. Dr. Meena said that the final decision on the resignation now has to be taken by the high command. Meena said that JP Nadda has asked him to wait for 10 days.
Dr. Kirori Lal Meena does not care about the position
Senior BJP leader Dr. Kirori Lal Meena does not care about posts. While talking to the media in Jaipur, he had clearly said that he does not crave for any post. Even after 40 years of service, he could not make the party candidate win in his area of influence. This is a matter of great sorrow for him. He said that he was upset when the public did not support him. Since during the elections, he had promised that if the BJP candidate lost even one of the seats under his influence, he would resign from the post of minister. BJP candidates could not win the elections on three out of 7 seats. In such a situation, he has resigned keeping his promise. He has neither gone to the office nor used the government vehicle for the last one and a half months.
He has rejected the ministerial post thrice
He was upset with Vasundhara- From 2003 to 2008, there was a BJP government in the state and Vasundhara Raje was the Chief Minister. Dr. Kirori Lal Meena was also included in Raje’s cabinet. In 2007, there was a Gurjar reservation movement in the state. Gurjars were demanding to be included in the ST category. The then Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje formed a commission so that the possibilities of giving reservation to Gurjars in ST could be considered. Dr. Kirori Lal Meena was upset with this decision of Raje. Dr. Meena did not want the reservation system to be tampered with. Being upset with Vasundhara Raje, Dr. Meena resigned from the post of minister.
Got his wife to resign in Gehlot’s rule
After being upset with Vasundhara Raje, Dr. Kirori Lal Meena said goodbye to BJP. In the 2008 elections, he and his wife Golma Devi were elected as independent MLAs. In 2008, the Congress government was formed in the state and Ashok Gehlot became the Chief Minister. When Dr. Meena supported the Congress government, the then Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot included Dr. Meena’s wife Golma Devi in the cabinet. Six months later, the 2009 Lok Sabha elections came. When Dr. Meena’s choice of ticket was not given in Eastern Rajasthan in the Lok Sabha elections, he made his wife resign. Golma Devi sent a copy of her resignation from the ministerial post to Sonia Gandhi along with the Chief Minister.
Now he has resigned for the third time
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, when the BJP candidates could not win even on the seats under Dr. Meena’s influence, Dr. Meena took responsibility for the defeat and resigned from the post of minister. Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma and party state president CP Joshi have tried to persuade him, but Dr. Meena is not ready to agree. Now the central leadership has talked to Dr. Meena. Whether Dr. Meena will remain on the post of minister or not. It will now depend on the central leadership. If the central leadership is not successful in persuading Dr. Meena, then Dr. Meena minister can become a big headache for the state government.