Dissident note in BJP state

IN Media Watch Briefs | 11/02/2015

On 11 Feb., the front page of Rajashtan Patrika, across many of its editions, featured an unusual ad by a certain Jaipur-based Rai Publication: the ad mocked BJP by complimenting it—a “haardik badhai”—for having won 3 seats in Delhi assembly elections. In the ad, the owner of the publishing house urged popular doctor-turned-politician Virendra Singh, who had unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha election from Jaipur on an AAP ticket, to take AAP to greater heights in Rajasthan.