With the Assembly elections in Rajasthan simply over one-and-a-half years away, the principal Opposition BJP has began specializing in the state’s japanese half, a area the place it had suffered large losses within the 2018 polls that led to the Congress coming to energy.
On Saturday, BJP president JP Nadda visited Sawai Madhopur district in japanese Rajasthan to attend a program involving distinguished folks from the Scheduled Tribe (ST) neighborhood, which was organized by the state celebration’s ST Morcha.
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The japanese Rajasthan districts, together with Bharatpur, Sawai Madhopur, Dholpur, Karauli and Dausa, have excessive focus of SC and ST populations.
“The focus of the visit of the BJP national president is on eastern Rajasthan. This is the first time that a BJP national president has come to Rajasthan to directly reach out to the ST community. Sixteen Assembly seats from Bharatpur, Dausa and Sawai Madhopur are being specifically targeted as these have high Meena (tribe) population. Those from the tribal community who are not party workers but identify with the BJP ideology have also been invited,” Jitendra Meena, head of the Rajasthan BJP ST Morcha, had then advised The Indian Express, including that the state BJP can even undertake introspection to determine why the celebration misplaced a majority of seats from this area within the earlier Assembly polls.
In 2018, the BJP might win just one seat within the japanese Rajasthan districts, which collectively account for twenty-four Assembly constituencies, of which there are 10 seats reserved for the SC and ST candidates. The BJP misplaced all these reserved seats. The Congress, alternatively, swept the area, profitable 17 seats in its 5 districts. The BJP had additionally fared poorly in a number of different districts in japanese and south-eastern Rajasthan, that included Alwar and Tonk.
Addressing the Sawai Madhopur occasion, Nadda sought to remind the gathering in regards to the saffron celebration’s function in guaranteeing growth of tribals within the state and the nation.
“The Congress dominated from 1947 to 1998 and once more from 2004…But you needed to anticipate the Atal Bihari Vajpayee authorities to get a ministry for tribals. You must perceive which celebration and which chief take care of tribals,” the BJP chief mentioned.
Nadda talked about tribal heroes akin to Birsa Munda, and highlighted the function of Rajasthan’s Bheel neighborhood in serving to Maharana Pratap throughout his battles with Mughal emperor Akbar.
Influential ST leaders from the area, together with Dausa MP Jaskaur Meena and BJP Rajya Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena, have been current on the occasion together with state celebration president Satish Poonia and different senior leaders. Jaskaur and Kirodi attended the operate collectively regardless of having a strained relationship.
Training his weapons on the Congress over its “dynasty politics”, Nadda mentioned such “dynastic parties” are a “threat” to Indian democracy. “There is nothing Indian or National or Congress in it (Indian National Congress). It is a celebration of a household, and of a brother and a sister,” he mentioned.
Nadda additionally termed a number of different events as “dynastic” outfits, together with the Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party, National Conference, People’s Democratic Party, Biju Janata Dal, YSR Congress, Shiv Sena and NCP.
“Not many people know that there is a high tribal population in Jammu and Kashmir. But in Independent India, not even one Lok Sabha or Assembly seat was reserved for tribal brothers (in J&K). Today, Article 370 has been abolished due to the will power of Modi ji and the strategy of Amit Shah ji. Now delimitation is taking place, which is at its last stage after which tribal brothers from Jammu and Kashmir will win and come to the Lok Sabha and the Assembly,” the BJP president mentioned.
Nadda additionally attacked the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress authorities, accusing it of being allegedly unable to manage the legislation and order scenario in Rajasthan.
The Gehlot authorities not too long ago introduced The Rajasthan State Scheduled Castes And Scheduled Tribes Development Fund (Planning, Allocation And Utilization Of Financial Resources) Bill, 2022 earlier than the Assembly. The Bill, which was handed by the House, earmarks particular funds for the Scheduled Castes Development Fund (SCDF) and the Scheduled Tribes Development Fund (STDF). It is being seen as a part of the Congress’s bid to retain its affect over its SC/ST assist base, which was instrumental in serving to the celebration defeat the then incumbent BJP within the 2018 polls.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
