There is a term used in the Bharatiya Janata Party, “Devtulya Karykarta”, this word is very special! While such a word is not heard or spoken in all the political parties of the world or it can be said that in all types of the organisations of the world, this word is also seen being implemented in BJP!! Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Sai ji is also such a person but unfortunately, I do not have any experience, meetings, or memoirs of his. The word ‘Devtulya Karykarta’ is proved to the newly appointed Chief Ministers of MP, Raj. and CG, Mohan Yadav, Bhajanlal Sharma and Vishnu Sai ji.
The first memoir is of MP CM Mohan Yadav- I had posted it on my blog and other social media platforms in the year 2021 also. The scope of my meeting, discussion and acquaintance with Mohan Yadav ji was very limited and very short too. When Mohan ji was the Higher Education Minister of MP, I had written a letter to him as a member of the Executive Council of Chhindwara University. One day suddenly without any prior notice I reached his office in Bhopal. The information about my going inside was sent through a slip and he called me inside immediately. As soon as I entered his chamber, Mohan immediately started speaking – Praveen ji, take the acceptance letter of the college for which you had asked for funds allotment last month. And, immediately after this, he handed me the letter of budget allocation along with the administrative approval of my said proposal. I was very surprised! I was forced to bite my finger. I was a very small worker of Sangh-BJP, and seeing the allocation of such a huge budget allocation letter in my hand with fulfilling all my demands and suggestions. I was not only surprised but also overwhelmed with emotion. On my very brief, short request, MP Higher Education Minister Mohan ji Yadav sanctioned Rs 9.18 crore for Jaywanti Haksar College of Betul and Rs 3.53 crore for Athner College. The building was approved for construction. While giving the letter, he also said that as per your request, the remaining allocation of the budget of Shahpur College will also be received soon.
If the central leadership of BJP has decided to nominate Mohan Yadav as the CM, then it must have been done after seeing the devotion, dedication and consciousness of Mohan ji towards lakhs of BJP workers, organisations, society and his duty.
Today, on the first day of his Chief Minister’s office, I extend my congratulations and best wishes to him, along with a salute to his devotion to duty.
Second memoir of Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma – In April 2021, those were the days of heavy and terrible Covid pandemic. Assembly elections were going on in West Bengal. In those days, there used to be queues for cremation of dead bodies in crematoriums across the country from MP to W BENGAL. Cremating the dead bodies of family members had also become a challenging task. Death was having an orgy, showing its extreme form. There was shouting and outcry in the entire country. In those days, it was madness and craziness to travel two thousand kilometres away from home to campaign in West Bengal. Bhajanlal ji Sharma and I had done this madness and craziness. Like many other workers, both of us had come from our respective states to campaign for BJP in the W. Bengal assembly elections. Bhajanlal ji and I were introduced there for the first time. There was a similarity between Bhajanlal ji and me, the family members of both of us used to do the phone call’s many times daily. They were crying, screaming and angry to return home, and we; Despite being distressed by these phone calls from our wife, father, mother, brother and children’s we remained to busy in our party work. Every day we used to discuss these phone calls from family. We used to lie to the family members that there is no flight or tickets are not available or Kailash ji Vijayvargiya and Arvind ji Menon not allowing us to come back!!
The newly appointed CM of Rajasthan, Bhajanlal Sharma, Nishith ji of Cuch Bihar and I stayed at the Kolkata headquarters during the W. Bengal elections. The three of us used to be together every day from 5 am to 7 am. Yoga, exercise, then a walk of five to seven kilometers and after returning, I used to have morning snack with Bhajanlal ji. Then throughout the day we would go our way. One day, after walking some ten to twelve kilometers, we even reached the memorial built at the residence of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. The attached picture is of the front of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Memorial in Kolkata. At that time, the monument was not even open in the morning, and we had to return from the outside.
Bhajanlal ji and I used to have dinner together and then go for a walk, eat Pan and have long chats together. And yes, in this gossip there were definitely heart-wrenching stories about Covid pandemic. Every day, when the fear of death due to Corona used to dominate me, Bhajanlal ji was seen giving courage and strength not only to me but to dozens of workers like me.
Bhajanlal ji is humble but strict, cheerful but serious, good planners but simple, clever but easy, pure vegetarian but foodie, open-minded but non-addictive, easy-talking but an excellent speaker, less talkative but vocal with friends; Bhajanlal ji is very a kind person!!
Endless good wishes and congratulations for your continued life as a ‘Devtulya Karykarta’.
