...but badnor scores as
governor
How
would Vasundhara Raje of Rajasthan have known that the same VP Singh Badnor-of
Bhilwara’s Badnor constituency-whom she was openly opposing for a second Rajya
Sabha term, will get so lucky? Badnor has been an MLA four times, Lok Sabha and
Rajya Sabha member once each; when he lost the Lok Sabha elections in 2009, he
was sent to the Rajya Sabha. His tenure there ended only last month, and party
heavyweights such as Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Rajeev Pratap Rudy wanted
him to get a second tenure of the Rajya Sabha, but Raje was not in favour. As a
parliamentarian, Badnor was also the chairman of a housing committee, and had
made several friends in the Opposition too, thanks to his friendly and gentle
nature. It is said he has good personal relations with Narendra Modi as well.
This Monday, when he is sworn in as the Governor of Punjab, he will also become
in-charge of the Union Territory of Chandigarh. For Badnor, the Central
government has done away with a 32-year-old rule so that he can become both the
Governor of Punjab and the boss of Chandigarh. Though Badnor got the
governorship of Punjab, but Raje has been successful in sidelining him from
active politics of the State. g
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