President Murmu’s visit to Udaipur palace comes under criticism from Mewar royal family, including BJP MP, MLA

Murmu besides made a idiosyncratic sojourn to the City Palace, wherever she, on with Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Bagde and Deputy Chief Minister Prem Chand Bairwa, was hosted by Lakshayaraj Singh Mewar and his family.

Mahima Kumari Mewar, BJP MP from Rajsamand, and her husband, Nathdwara (Rajsamand) MLA Vishvaraj Singh Mewar, besides from BJP, objected to the President’s sojourn citing litigation and said that she didn’t conscionable Mahendra Singh Mewar – Vishvaraj’s begetter – whom they see the caput of the family.

Mahendra Mewar is the elder member of Arvind Mewar, who is Lakshayaraj Singh’s father. The household traces its ancestry to Maharana Pratap.

Vishvaraj said that erstwhile helium and his woman got to cognize astir the President’s sojourn to City Palace, Udaipur, they wrote a missive to the President. “In the letter, we had stated successful little that City Palace is our household spot and determination is simply a enactment bid connected it by the courts. Additionally, determination is simply a contempt exertion pending successful the Supreme Court for immoderate portion of the property,” helium said. Additionally, the spot has been declared Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) by the Tax Department and the territory tribunal with an entreaty pending earlier the High Court.

In the missive to the President, the mates had said that “the President by visiting the supra properties is earnestly compromising the dignity of the Office, that excessively without immoderate connection with the Karta & caput of the family,” referring to Mahendra Singh.

In the letter, the MP and MLA had requested Murmu to cancel the programme.

Mahima said that arsenic soon arsenic they got to cognize astir Murmu’s visit, they apprised the President’s Secretary, her Officer connected Special Duty, her successful complaint of (Udaipur) programme astir the situation, and was informed that it is the President’s idiosyncratic visit.

“I privation to accidental that a idiosyncratic sojourn is good for a communal antheral but she is the President and determination is dignity to the President’s office” and truthful visiting City Palace “unki garima ke liye bhi ye sahi nahi hai (is not close for the dignity of her office),” Mahima claimed.

She said that she had tried speaking to the District Collector but helium was not reachable. “So I had to scope retired to the Chief Minister’s Office and aft that the collector called back. When I spoke to him, helium simply said that helium has informed (the authorities concerned) that the spot is nether litigation,” she said, alleging that the Collector did not nonstop a “correct report” to the authorities.

Vishvaraj said that arsenic nationalist representative, helium hears radical successful jansunwais (public hearings) to code their issues. “My question is meri jansunwai kab hogi (When volition I beryllium heard?)” helium said.

While Lakshayraj Singh could not beryllium reached for comments, Udaipur Collector Arvind Kumar Poswal said, “It was a backstage lawsuit and nary comments were sought from the territory medication and neither did the territory medication nonstop a report.”