The counting of votes polled within the Meeting elections started whilst Raje was once on the temple’s sanctum sanctorum. As the effects got here in, it changed into obvious that the Raje-led BJP executive have been voted out through the general public.

On September 30, Raje — now out of energy for greater than 3 and a part years and in the midst of an influence tussle throughout the Rajasthan BJP — as soon as once more visited the Tripura Sundari temple. The talk over with to the temple was once a part of the previous CM’s excursion programme, informally named Dev Darshan Yatra through her supporters, to 9 temples the place other avatars of Goddess Durga are worshipped.
Between September-end and October 15, Raje visited the Arbuda Mata temple at Mount Abu, the Tripura Sundari temple, the Amba Mata temple in Gujarat, the Sunda Mata temple in Bhinmal, the Shri Pitambara Peeth in Madhya Pradesh, the Karni Mata temple in Deshnok, the Nagmechi Mata temple in Bikaner, the Shila Mata temple in Amer, and the Shakambhari Mata temple within the Shekhawati area.

The temple visits of Raje additionally introduced her a possibility to rally her supporters, lots of whom are recently sidelined within the state BJP headed through Satish Poonia. Poonia is understood to proportion a frosty dating with Raje and all the way through his tenure has even expelled Raje loyalists from the birthday party for indiscipline.

“All of you’ll have to concentrate since the time arising can be a time for ladai (battle) through which on one facet there’s Congress, and at the different, there’s the BJP. You understand what it’s a must to do. I don’t want to say the rest,” Raje instructed her supporters in Sikar district whilst on her option to talk over with the Shakhambhari Mata temple on October 15.

Previously 3 many years, visiting temples has been an integral a part of Raje’s way to ship political messaging, engage with the general public, and rally her supporters.

Prior to the 2003 Meeting elections, that have been to make her the primary girl leader minister of Rajasthan, she had began the Parivartan Yatra from the Charbhuja Nath temple in Rajsamand district. Ten years later, she as soon as once more returned to the temple as she introduced her Suraj Sankalp yatra prior to the 2013 Meeting elections. She led the BJP to 163 seats, its highest-ever tally within the state.

In August 2018, for the 0.33 time, Raje selected Charbhuja because the vacation spot to release the Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra. She banked on it to save lots of her executive and retain energy. Had that came about, it could have damaged a 20-year-old custom of the incumbent executive being voted out each 5 years in Rajasthan. However the BJP misplaced the elections to a resurgent Congress below the management of Sachin Pilot.

Raje’s newest string of visits to temples has noticed her shut aides similar to Rajpal Singh Shekhawat, Yunus Khan, and Kali Charan Saraf and a regional satrap similar to Devi Singh Bhati participating in preparations and mobilising crowds. Former ministers and MLAs who’re on her facet, and don’t have any lively function to play below the presidency of Poonia, additionally became up with their supporters.
Thus far, the state BJP has remained silent and has no longer issued any press remark at the topic.

All through her visits to the temples, Raje has attacked the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress executive over problems similar to farm animals deaths after the lumpy virus outbreak, crop injury because of rainfall, and the unfulfilled promise of farm mortgage waiver. Raje supporters mentioned the previous CM prayed on the temple to carry again the “suraj (just right governance)” of the BJP.

After praying at Tripura Sundari, Raje mentioned the continual love, agree with and give a boost to proven to her through the folk of the state have been her capital. The previous CM additionally mentioned that previously she had given it her all to serve the general public of the state and would care for that one day.

Raje’s statement that she is going to proceed to be lively within the state’s political scene is an important at a time when there’s a query mark on whether or not the BJP central management is raring to peer her change into a third-time CM if the birthday party involves energy in 2023.

The central management has avoided projecting any CM face and is making an attempt to offer a united entrance in Rajasthan to defuse the stress between quite a lot of factions within the state unit.
“She (Raje) is our birthday party’s nationwide vice chairman. All leaders from our birthday party can pass anyplace and habits rallies, and darshan. It’s just right if birthday party employees come. You must have a look at the Congress, which is split into items, persons are combating for the chair and is on the point of breaking. The BJP is united and all people will decimate the Gehlot executive (within the Meeting elections),” BJP Rajasthan in-charge Arun Singh not too long ago instructed journalists when requested about Raje’s temple visits.