<p>The chief minister-elect of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje, is not only very religious, also has an obsession with “vastu” and numbers. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Though many consider the number 13 as inauspicious, Raje has a fascination for the number and considers it lucky. After her defeat in 2008, Raje chose bungalow number 13 at Civil Lines as her official residence. A former chief minister is eligible to enjoy facilities that of a cabinet minister. <br /><br />Raje, who is all set to take oath as the 24th chief minister has chosen December 13 for assuming the reins of power in the state for a second time. <br /><br />Her former cabinet colleague Digamber Singh, who was then staying in the bungalow, was asked to vacate by the administration for renovation according to “vastu”. <br /><br />Singh had then told this correspondent: “I took this bungalow as none of the ministers in the cabinet were ready to move-in due to its inauspicious number. Now I was told that madam is interested. It is quite surprising.” <br /><br />During her first stint as the chief minister, Raje had come in for serious criticism from the opposition Congress and various other quarters for spending a large sum of public money for the renovation of the chief minister’s residence according to “vastu”. <br /><br />She had constructed a separate glitzy chief minister’s block at the secretariat. <br /><br />“She does everything with class,” said a confidante pointing out to the multi-storeyed underground parking at the secretariat constructed during her tenure. <br /></p>
<p>The chief minister-elect of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje, is not only very religious, also has an obsession with “vastu” and numbers. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Though many consider the number 13 as inauspicious, Raje has a fascination for the number and considers it lucky. After her defeat in 2008, Raje chose bungalow number 13 at Civil Lines as her official residence. A former chief minister is eligible to enjoy facilities that of a cabinet minister. <br /><br />Raje, who is all set to take oath as the 24th chief minister has chosen December 13 for assuming the reins of power in the state for a second time. <br /><br />Her former cabinet colleague Digamber Singh, who was then staying in the bungalow, was asked to vacate by the administration for renovation according to “vastu”. <br /><br />Singh had then told this correspondent: “I took this bungalow as none of the ministers in the cabinet were ready to move-in due to its inauspicious number. Now I was told that madam is interested. It is quite surprising.” <br /><br />During her first stint as the chief minister, Raje had come in for serious criticism from the opposition Congress and various other quarters for spending a large sum of public money for the renovation of the chief minister’s residence according to “vastu”. <br /><br />She had constructed a separate glitzy chief minister’s block at the secretariat. <br /><br />“She does everything with class,” said a confidante pointing out to the multi-storeyed underground parking at the secretariat constructed during her tenure. <br /></p>
