Raj now an investment point: Vasundhara Raje

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New Delhi, Apr 22: Rajasthan is no longer just a place of tourist interest, but has emerged as an important investment destination, said Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.

Asserting that the state was no longer about deserts and camels only, she said investors were now flocking to it. It has now embarked on a new track and is competing with other states in IT, BPO and industrialisation. ''The new Rajasthan should also be spoken about,'' she said in an interview to BBC.

Remembering her growing years, she said she had felt like a bird in a golden cage. ''After my father's death, I told my mother to send to a boarding school and I went far away from Gwalior to Kodaikanal.. . It was not as if I did not want to go back to Gwalior (after college) but I had it planned for me that if I stay away I can prepare for my future life.'' She said she wanted to study, ''to be first not because of rank, but rising through competition''. ''That's why I thought to improve my confidence, I would need to stay away from home,'' she asserted.

Speaking fondly about her mother, Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia, she said the Rajmata was one person she admired most. ''My mother gave me a mantra that if ever I join politics, I should win the people's hearts. I should not differentiate on the basis of caste, religion or votes, else I might have to pay the price.'' Asked to comment on US presidential aspirant Hilary Clinton, the Chief minister said though she was proud of the female sorority, she was not much interested in her politics. ''She is not the only lady I adore, but one of them.'' Reacting to the criticism for being fashionable, she said every woman wanted to look beautiful and whoever denies this, is lying.

''There is no harm in looking good. Is it compulsory in politics to have two personas?'' On her participating in a fashion show for khadi, she said she had a purpose behind it. ''I enjoy all those things that are useful to my people. If there is a cause behind such work, then my confidence multiplies.''


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