well all the best to this very great royal family... wit all regards from.. kapurthala royal family.. siddhartha singh >From: akshay chavan <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [INDIA-ROYALTY] Election News:Baroda >Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 06:34:15 -0800 (PST) > >Erstwhile royal family members join BJP > >IANS[ SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2004 05:08:17 PM ] > >NEW DELHI : Shubhangini Raje Gaekwad and Ranjit Singh >Gaekwad, members of the erstwhile royal family of >Vadodara, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here >Sunday. >Shubhangini Raje Gaekwad, a well-known social activist >in Vadodara, said her decision to join the BJP stemmed >from the desire to prevent the Congress party from >capturing power in New Delhi . >"The Congress is responsible for the country's >poverty," she said, giving her reason for joining the >BJP. >Gaekwad had unsuccessfully contested from Vadodara >(formerly Baroda ) in the 1996 Lok Sabha election. > > The erstwhile royal couple would campaign for the >BJP in the upcoming general election > > ________________________________________________ > >Baroda royals join the BJP > >Shubhangini Raje Gaekwad, wife of king Ranjitsingh >Gaekwad of Baroda, and her son Samarjitsingh Gaekwad >joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at party >president M Venkaiah Naidu's residence on Sunday. "She >expressed her desire to join the BJP and we are >welcoming her into the party," Mr Naidu said. > >He said the two would campaign for the party in the >coming Lok Sabha elections. > >"The BJP is strong in Gujarat and this family joining >the party will give it more strength," Mr Naidu said. > >Ms Raje lost the 1996 Lok Sabha election, which she >contested as an Independent from Vadodara. > >After joining the BJP, she said, "The BJP has already >declared its candidate from the Vadodara seat and we >did not join the party on the condition that I should >contest the polls." She added that she would be happy >campaigning for the party. Samarjitsingh, said he >would like to concentrate on working for the party and >grow with the organisation before throwing his hat in >the electoral ring. > >The royal family has held the Lok Sabha seat five >times in the past. Finance Minister Jaswant Singh and >BJP general secretary Arun Jaitley were also present > >____________________________________________________ > >Shubhanginiraje to take on Dinsha > >TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2004 11:51:04 >PM ] > >AHMEDABAD: In a calculated move, the BJP has fielded >Shubhanginiraje Gaekwad, of the former princely state >of Baroda , as the partys candidate from Kheda, a >seat held by Congress veteran Dinsha Patel. >The central Parliamentary Board of the party, at its >meeting in New Delhi , also cleared the candidature of >former BJP minister Liladhar Vaghela for the Kapadvanj >seat against former chief minister Shankarsinh >Vaghela. >Another former minister, Nitin Patel, a confidant of >former chief minister Keshubhai Patel, has been chosen >for the coveted Mehsana constituency. Nitin got the >nod over outgoing MP Punjaji Thakore because of an >overwhelming demand from the Patel community. >Thakore has been reportedly promised a Rajya Sabha >nomination. The board has also chosen Anil Patel, a >BJP leader from Silvassa, for the Lok Sabha >constituency of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. > >With this selection, the BJP line-up for all the 26 >constituencies of Gujarat which go to polls on April >20 is complete. The filing of nomination papers will >start from Wednesday and will continue till March 31. >The last day for withdrawal of nominations is April 3. > >BJP sources claimed that Subhanginiraje, wife of >former Congress MP Ranjitsinh Gaekwad, could swing the >Kshatriya and OBC voters in Kheda. She had contested >the Vadodara seat as an Independent in 1996 but lost >to Satyajit Gaekwad of the Congress who has been >nominated once again from Vadodara. >Senior leaders of the party at one stage were planning >to rope in Smriti Malhotra, Tulsi of Kyunki.. >fame, but found Shubhangini to be a better candidate. > > In order to give Shankersinh Vaghela a tough fight >in Kapadvanj, the BJP considered many names. >Ultimately, the choice fell upon Liladhar Vaghela, who >had lost the last assembly election > > > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. >http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Contact brides & grooms FREE! http://www.shaadi.com/ptnr.php?ptnr=hmltag Only on www.shaadi.com. Register now!