The many troubles of Prem Chand Bairwa: Why Rajasthan Deputy CM finds himself on slippery ground

First, Bairwa’s son, a minor, was seen successful a video driving a modified conveyance that belongs to the lad of Congress person Pushpendra Bhardwaj. As the Deputy CM’s lad drove the jeep, with Bhardwaj’s lad by his side, a authorities authorities conveyance with a constabulary beacon connected apical was seen escorting the conveyance connected Amber Road successful Jaipur.

Following societal media backlash, Bairwa initially said since helium became the Deputy CM his lad had recovered opportunities to subordinate with affluent radical and spot luxury cars. Bairwa is from a Dalit community. Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making him the Deputy CM, helium said, “If affluent individuals present let my lad to beryllium with them successful their car and springiness him a accidental to spot luxury cars, past I americium thankful.”

With the disapproval becoming much pointed pursuing his comments, Bairwa expressed regret implicit the contention and said helium conscionable had a jeep successful his wife’s sanction successful his village. The Department of Transport, of which the Deputy CM is the portfolio, yet fined his lad Rs 7,000 past week for assorted offences.

As this contention continued, governmental circles successful the authorities became rife with rumours of the Delhi Police allegedly detaining a apical curate from Rajasthan successful a Delhi edifice on with a Russian woman. On October 3, the Congress’s societal media caput Supriya Shrinate posted a cryptic connection connected X: “BJP, Rajasthan, Delhi, Le Meridien Hotel, Russia.” The pursuing day, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) besides posted connected X, “BJP’s Deputy Chief Minister caught with a Russian successful a 5 prima edifice successful Delhi. Efforts to hush up the substance continue!”

Over the weekend, the BJP dismissed these claims. While authorities BJP president Madan Rathore did not instrumentality immoderate names and denied immoderate enactment leader’s involvement, authorities Cabinet Minister Kirodi Lal Meena mentioned Bairwa, becoming the archetypal elder enactment person to officially bash so. “They are spreading rumours by telling blatant lies astir Deputy Chief Minister Shri Dr Prem Bairwa ji who is continuously serving the people,” Meena said.

Meena who submitted his resignation arsenic a curate successful June — it has not yet been accepted — has been locked successful a skirmish with the authorities BJP leadership, including the CM, and has been causing embarrassment to the authorities regularly. Meena was seen arsenic a probable campaigner for the CM oregon Deputy CM aft the BJP stormed to powerfulness successful past year’s elections but was overlooked arsenic Sharma became CM and Bairwa and Diya Kumari were appointed Deputy CMs.

With some these incidents embarrassing the party, Sharma was summoned to Delhi from Haryana, wherever helium was campaigning, to conscionable enactment main J P Nadda and others connected October 3.

In August, Bairwa had recommended, connected his authoritative letterhead, the sanction of Rajasthan Administrative Services (RAS) authoritative Ramchandra Bairwa, since retired, arsenic Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) Registrar, that excessively erstwhile the second hadn’t adjacent applied. Though Urban Development and Local Self Government Minister Jhabar Singh Kharra stepped in, RERA yet chose Rajiv Jain, stating that arsenic per rules its chairperson tin name the Registrar.

In June, Bairwa had written to the Maujmabad constabulary station, which falls nether his Assembly spot Dudu, to name 15 radical whom helium named to the constabulary station’s Community Liaison Group (CLG). In September past week, a ailment was filed against Bairwa, with the complainant saying lone the SP tin name CLG members. The ailment was aboriginal withdrawn.

Amid these controversies, determination is speculation successful the BJP that Bairwa whitethorn beryllium removed from his station aft bypolls to 7 Assembly seats. However, that itself whitethorn beryllium a hard determination arsenic the enactment volition tally the hazard of being termed anti-Dalit. Despite his comparative inexperience — helium is simply a second-time MLA from Dudu — the BJP appointed Bairwa Deputy CM successful an evident effort to equilibrium caste equations.

However, helium has faced backlash from immoderate successful his assemblage too.

In August, aft caput constabulary constable Babulal Bairwa allegedly died by termination successful Jaipur and named respective officials successful a note, his household sat connected a protestation extracurricular SMS infirmary mortuary demanding the apprehension of the accused and his woman threatened to termination herself. Holding a loudspeaker, his relatives questioned the lack of the Deputy CM, with protesters chanting “shame, shame”. The contented was resolved aft 5 days and the Deputy CM held a property league and Babulal’s past rites were subsequently conducted.

However, immoderate successful the BJP judge the issues of Bairwa person been unnecessarily highlighted arsenic helium is simply a Dalit and an casual target. “The antagonistic headlines for Bairwa person helped screen up CM’s ain troubles,” said 1 BJP leader.