Indore, August 17: Senior BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan today came out in support of beleaguered party colleague Vasundhara Raje, who has been asked to quit as Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Assebly following the poll debacle, saying decisions should not be forced upon an elected leader. “In democracy it is absolutely wrong to thrust a decision on an elected leader.
She is the same Vasundhara (former Chief Minister of Rajasthan) who had once ensured party”s spectacular victory in Rajasthan,” she said, adding the issue was affecting the party”s image among the people which was a matter of concern. Mahajan, who was also a former Union Minister, stressed that before ordering Raje to quit from the post, the party should have taken into confidence the Rajasthan BJP MLAs.
—–PTI–