"It's a challenge to change the mindset"

  • 01/01/2007

  • India Today (New Delhi)

When the BJP won a spectacular victory in the assembly elections in Rajasthan three years ago, party leaders didn't hesitate to credit the success to the then state party chief, Vasundhara Raje Scindia. It was only natural that she was unanimously chosen to lead the Government as the state'sfirst woman chief minister. Last week, she spoke to Special Correspondent Rohit Parihar on her government's achievements and goals. Q. You said when you took over that you wanted to try something new. How successful have you been so far? A. There are a whole gamut of problems with mindsets, traditions and an unwillingness to break out of the medieval mould. So it is a challenge. Here's an example