Former Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Rajasthan, Ghanshyam Tiwari formed the Bharat Vahini party after quitting the BJP. He has recently announced the ‘Third Front’ in coalition with Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, launched by Hanuman Beniwal (another former BJP MLA).
Ghanshyam Tiwari while talking about the ‘third front’ has said that people are sick of the binary of BJP and Congress and are looking for a feasible alternative. He said, “The janata (residents) of Rajasthan want a change from both national parties. They needed a viable alternative for the required change. We have given them a program and idea-based option. I am assuming that voters will accept this alternative”.
Denying any caste based biasness, Tiwari said, “If someone is working in a politics, he should not have caste-related concerns but should focus on caste development.” He further addressed the issue of reservation and said,” Brahmins, Rajputs, Vaishyas, Kayasths, Muslims not under OBC category, Sindhis, Punjabi and Jains, repeatedly highlight that even they are poor, and their children should also get reservation. The reservation we introduce will be ‘sarv-jan-hitay-sarv-jan-sukhay’. Other castes like SCs and STs too have received reservation, but there are many children who have been deprived of the benefits of the schemes. We will also give them priority”.
He also talked about his collaboration with Hanuman Beniwal, another ex-BJP MLA and said,
“ The collaboration aims to get Rajasthan out of the category of ‘BIMARU’ states. In the past 20 years, Congress and BJP (each being in power for 10 years), have worked towards getting the state into BIMARU category”.
He also criticized BJP and alleged that the party has lost its internal democracy. “What’s now left is corruption, dictatorship and rule of just one person. A feudal system has been re-established in the party. We belong to the Jay Prakash government, we cannot bear such actions”.
He also accused Rajasthan government of having disappointed government employees, the unemployed, Brahmins, Baniyas and Rajputs. He said, “They cannot claim economic development in any area because they have not done any work. They have only focused on revenue collection.” He further claimed that BJP will get the least number of seats under Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje in the upcoming election.