I have very good relations with Vasundhara Raje
THE WEEK India|November 19, 2023
It is a homecoming of sorts for Princess Diya Kumari. She entered electoral politics 10 years ago, winning from the Sawai Madhopur assembly seat in 2013.
PRATUL SHARMA
I have very good relations with Vasundhara Raje

In 2019, she was elected to the Lok Sabha from Rajsamand with a margin of more than 5.5 lakh votes. Both these constituencies were away from her Jaipur home, and her family often complained that she was always “missing” as she focused on her electorate. But this election, she will be fighting from Vidhyadhar Nagar in Jaipur, which is also the party’s pocket borough. She is expected to win easily, as her family had ruled over Jaipur.

“I am Jaipur ki beti (Jaipur’s daughter),” she tells voters in neighbourhood meetings. She is sought-after by voters, especially women. Many request for selfies, and she obliges.

Diya Kumari joined politics at the behest of former chief minister Vasundhara Raje. But now there is a buzz that she could have been brought in as a counter to Raje’s influence in the party. She, however, denies it. Excerpts from an exclusive interview:

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