Rajasthan independent MLA to float party on October 29
Wednesday - October 10, 2018 7:22 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Jaipur Oct 10 (IANS) Rajasthan s independent MLA Hanuman Beniwal once associated with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced on Wednesday he will float a new party on October 29.
Beniwal had won in 2008 on BJP ticket but was suspended from the party in 2012 due to differences with party leader Vasundhara Raje. In 2013 he contested as an independent from Khinwsar and won.
"The new party will be announced during a Hunkar Rally for which the venue is yet to be decided " he said.
Asked if he was in touch with Ghanshyam Tiwari a six-time lawmaker of the BJP who quit in June to form his own party Bharat Vahini he said: "Tiwari is also contesting elections against the BJP like us. So post-rally we will sit together to discuss an alliance.
"If we contest alone we can win around 50 seats but if we go for an alliance we can definitely win around 100 of the 200 Assembly seats in Rajasthan " he claimed.
Beniwal has organised farmer rallies in Nagaur Barmer Bikaner and Sikar in which thousands participated.
--IANS arc/tsb/mr
Beniwal had won in 2008 on BJP ticket but was suspended from the party in 2012 due to differences with party leader Vasundhara Raje. In 2013 he contested as an independent from Khinwsar and won.
"The new party will be announced during a Hunkar Rally for which the venue is yet to be decided " he said.
Asked if he was in touch with Ghanshyam Tiwari a six-time lawmaker of the BJP who quit in June to form his own party Bharat Vahini he said: "Tiwari is also contesting elections against the BJP like us. So post-rally we will sit together to discuss an alliance.
"If we contest alone we can win around 50 seats but if we go for an alliance we can definitely win around 100 of the 200 Assembly seats in Rajasthan " he claimed.
Beniwal has organised farmer rallies in Nagaur Barmer Bikaner and Sikar in which thousands participated.
--IANS arc/tsb/mr
