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𝘼𝙣 𝙐𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙣 𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙖 𝙊𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙈𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜
At about 11 am in the morning of 9th February 2026, I recieved a call from an unknown number and the caller after confirming my name informed me that the Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma Ji would like to see me and asked if I could make myself available in the afternoon. I was surprised because neither did I make any such request nor had I even expressed any such desire to my friends in politics and media. After my consent, he hung up and soon called back asking me to reach the Chief Minister's Office by 4 pm.
On reaching the CMO and clearing the security checks, I was escorted to a waiting room. An OSD (Officer on Special Duty) to the CM who I was already well acquainted with greeted me warmly and informed me that I may have to wait for some time because the CM had been busy with back to back meetings since morning and had not even had lunch. On inquiring about the subject and nature of the meeting, I was told that the Chief Minister had been meeting political observers and analysts in groups and individually. Although I didn't ask, I was also informed that it will probably be a 5 to 10 minutes short meeting. Before I could begin to gather what could this meeting possibly be about and ponder upon what I should talk about, a person walked in and asked me to follow him as the CM was ready to see me.
As I was about to enter a door that someone held open for me, I realised that I was about to walk into his personal chamber and not a conference or meeting room. The Hon'ble Chief Minister Shri Bhajan Lal Ji greeted me with an infectious smile and addressing me by first name asked me to take seat on an Arm Chair adjacent to the one he took for himself. Even though his simplicity had already eased me, he further comforted me by expressing his appreciation and respect for my views because the people of the state listen to me on television news, debates and discussions. After he inquired about my background and how I developed an interest in politics, I also took the liberty to ask his own. Far from public perception, I was amazed to learn about his incredibly long and tough political journey through early days in student politics, community service, party & organizational roles to finally being assigned the mammoth task of serving the 8.5 crore people of Rajasthan as their Chief Minister.
After getting to know each other, we quickly moved on to serious and intense discussions on pressing issues of the state, general administration, political narratives, bureaucracy, planning & implementation, vision and commitment. Unlike today's political and administrative culture, he continuously encouraged me to express without hesitation any negatives and scope for improvement. It was heartening and impressive that he was listening more than he spoke. When I asked him about negative perceptions and personal attacks on Social Media, he smiled and said that it is a price that he has accepted to pay and live with because he can't afford to divert his focus from the task assigned to him by his leadership. However, he did agree that Social Media is becoming increasingly impactful and hence, the Government must have an appropriate strategy to counter fraudulent information and dangerous narratives with sound logic, hard facts and proper research.
His deep understanding and concern for the people's issues at the grassroots shapes his commitment to deliver. It is often said and written in the media that he is Chief Minister because BJP rewards its ordinary Karyakartas but there are many extra ordinary things about Bhajan Lal Ji Sharma. When the expectation is 5 or 10 minutes but things go way beyond an hour, not everything can be penned down for public space so I'll end with a simple yet powerful advise he received from his grandfather when he entered politics - "I don't expect you to bring the family any fame but try not to spoil our name."
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