Embarrassed by the demand for Union Minister Vasundhara Raje’s resignation by Central BJP treasurer Ramdas Agrawal, the BJP high command, which always swears by the ‘‘one-man, one-post’’ norm, made a feeble attempt today to push the issue under the carpet.Raje is also the Rajasthan BJP chief and the man seeking her resignation is none other than the central party in-charge of the state. Agrawal made a case for Raje’s resignation yesterday by telling the media in Jaipur that she should not be an exception to the ‘‘one-man, one-post norm’’ as M. Venkaiah Naidu and Arun Jaitley had quit ministerial posts to take up organisational responsibilities.Agrawal said it was all right for Raje to hold dual charge for a short while but she must not do so for long. BJP general secretary Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the ‘‘one-man, one-post’’ norm was not a rule in the party. ‘‘It is only a tradition.’’ He said Raje had offered to resign from the government but the party had asked her to continue as a minister. Naqvi claimed that Agrawal has informed him that he did not ask for Raje’s resignation.
