Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav
New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav is in the news these days. There is speculation that he may contest from Balasore Lok Sabha seat of Odisha. These speculations were further strengthened after his recent visit. Now on Sunday, he put an end to these rumors and said that he will not contest the Lok Sabha elections from Balasore seat of Odisha.
Vaishnav has been the collector of Balasore
It is noteworthy that there was speculation that BJP may field Rajya Sabha MP Vaishnav from Balasore seat in the Lok Sabha elections. He was the District Collector of Balasore as an IAS officer. “I will not contest from Balasore. We have Pratap ‘Nana’ here,” he told reporters, referring to sitting BJP MP Pratap Sarangi.
Ashwini Vaishnav is currently a Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha.
Let us tell you that Ashwini Vaishnav is currently a Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha. He was active in the state for some time. After which there was talk of him contesting the Lok Sabha elections from here. Last week, when Mr Vaishnav visited Cuttack district, he did not rule out the possibility that the BJP may field him from the Cuttack seat in the Lok Sabha elections. On Sunday, when the journalists asked about this again, he said, “I am a disciplined worker of the party and whatever work the party assigns to me, I complete it. Recently the party asked me to work in the Madhya Pradesh elections.” , which I did.”
Name was also floated for CM of Rajasthan
At the same time, after the results of Rajasthan Assembly elections, news came that he could be made the Chief Minister of the state. It was believed that the party wanted to give a chance to a new and trustworthy face of the high command. In this context, the name of Ashwini Vaishnav also came up. However, this also proved to be only a rumor and the BJP high command handed over the command of the state to Bhajanlal Sharma.
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