Vasundhara Raje, 2-Time Chief Minister, Still BJP's Best-Known Face In Rajasthan

Daughter of founding BJP leader Vijayraje Scindia and sister of the late Congress leader Madhavrao Scindia, Vasundhara Raje started her political career in 1984

Vasundhara Raje, erstwhile royal and the BJP's tallest leader in Rajasthan, appears to be in the driving seat after being out of step for long with the party's central leadership.

The 70-year-old, who has had her ups and downs in her relationship with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ever since her mother, Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia, one of the founding members of the Jan Sangh passed away.

But Ms Raje never completely toed the line of the BJP's ideological mentor and her politics was always seen as being slightly more liberal than the right wing would have liked.