The inaugural light-and-sound present at Chittorgarh Fort was nearly opened by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday night. compelled to cease Local BJP MP CP Joshi and a few members of the Rajput neighborhood objected to a bit related to Alauddin Khilji, the Thirteenth-century Sultan of Delhi and Rani Padmini, the queen of Mewar.
The present might resume on Tuesday after the Chittorgarh district administration eliminated the controversial portion of the script. BJP leaders focused the Congress authorities led by Gehlot on this matter.
Rajasthan meeting elections could also be two years away, however the controversy erupted over the objections of a bit of the Rajput neighborhood and opposition leaders’ bid to coach their weapons on the ruling celebration has once more make clear the Rajput issue and its prominence. in state politics.
After the Gehlot regime, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, a Rajput chief, alleged that the Congress authorities was not involved concerning the “asmita” (delight) of Rajasthan.
Shekhawat is understood to have a tense equation with the state’s high BJP chief and former CM Vasundhara Raje and is thought to be one of many main challengers to its supremacy within the Rajasthan BJP.
Shekhawat claimed in his assertion that the continuing controversy over the light-and-sound present isn’t a easy matter. He alleged that the controversial portrayal of Alauddin Khilji and Padmini within the present was performed as a part of “appeasement” politics, and that “Hindus are being treated as second class since the Congress came to power in the state”. Used to be”.
Other BJP leaders, together with Deputy Leader of Opposition within the state meeting Rajendra Rathore, additionally focused the Congress over the Chittorgarh present.
Rajput leaders declare that their neighborhood constitutes 11-12 per cent of Rajasthan’s inhabitants, unfold throughout the state, with a big presence in a number of constituencies. Rajputs have been the standard vote base of the BJP within the state.
However, political equations modified forward of the December 2018 elections to the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly, when a number of issues turned the Rajput neighborhood in opposition to the then Vasundhara-led BJP authorities. Those developments included the killing of gangster Anandpal Singh in a police encounter in June 2017, the registration of instances in opposition to Rajput leaders in Nagaur district in protest in opposition to the encounter killing of Anandpal that turned violent, and the late Jaswant Singh, veteran chief in BJP politics. was sidelined. ,
Ahead of the 2018 elections – through which the saffron celebration misplaced – the Rajput Sabha, a serious physique of Rajputs in Rajasthan, additionally ran a marketing campaign referred to as “Kamal ka Phool, Hamari Bhool” (Supporting the BJP was our fault).
The significance of the Rajput consider Rajasthan politics could be gauged from the presence of leaders from throughout the political spectrum on the diamond jubilee celebrations of Shree Kshatriya Yuva Sangh, a social group of Rajputs, held in Jaipur earlier this month.
Many leaders and MLAs from throughout the celebration line participated on this program. Rajput leaders who addressed the perform included Union ministers Shekhawat, Rajendra Rathore, Rajasthan minister Pratap Singh Khachariawas and Congress chief Dharmendra Rathore.
Dharmendra Rathore, who is understood to be near CM Gehlot and acts as his factors man for reaching out to the Rajput neighborhood, tried to focus on that it was the Gehlot authorities that had helped the economically weaker sections. (EWS) had applied 10 p.c reservation. higher castes within the state
Congress chief and minister Khachariyawas, nephew of BJP stalwart late Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, additionally spoke on the difficulty, in search of exemption from the BJP-led central authorities on the EWS quota problem.
While the organizers maintained that it was an apolitical occasion, the presence of a number of leaders of each Congress and BJP underlined the political top of the neighborhood.
“Rajputs represent 11-12 per cent of the inhabitants and the presence of leaders of all events on the occasion exhibits that they’re conscious of the truth that they can not win with out the help of the neighborhood. The earlier BJP authorities was voted out due to our agitation in opposition to the then state authorities on points like Anandpal Singh encounter. Lokendra Singh Kalvi, Patron of Shri Rajput Karni Sena mentioned, “The protest against the film “Padmavat” (based mostly on the story of Alauddin Khilji and Padmini) was one such instance when all the neighborhood got here collectively and demonstrated our power.
He insisted that Rajput organizations like Karni Sena would elevate points associated to the neighborhood within the 2023 Rajasthan Assembly elections.
“No political celebration can ignore Rajputs. The Rajput neighborhood not voting for the BJP was one of many the explanation why the Congress gained the 2018 election by a margin of over 25 seats. Such an enormous distinction of seats between the 2 events is stopping the federal government from toppling.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
