Politicians of Rajasthan have been additionally preserving a detailed eye on the Haryana meeting elections. This is as a result of Rajasthan can also be a state adjoining to Haryana. Apart from geographical and political, Rajasthan and Haryana even have a bread-and-daughter relationship. In such a state of affairs, there’s curiosity in Rajasthan additionally on any motion within the politics of Haryana. This time, Congress leaders from Rajasthan performed an energetic function within the Haryana elections and opposition leaders from Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma to Sachin Pilot additionally campaigned. There is an environment of disappointment within the Congress camp because of the outcomes of Haryana Assembly elections. But there was a distinct form of concern in regards to the elections among the many Jat leaders of Congress in Rajasthan and it has a political historical past.
In truth, many occasions within the political historical past of Rajasthan, main upheavals have been seen as a consequence of caste equations. For a very long time, in lots of states of North India, castes with sturdy political affect have been elevated to the submit of Chief Minister. These embrace states like Haryana and Punjab. But in an enormous state like Rajasthan, until now no Jat chief has bought an opportunity to succeed in this chair.
Number of Jat group in Rajasthan is 13 %
The variety of Jat group in Rajasthan is round 13%. Despite that, no chief of this caste has been capable of grow to be the Chief Minister until date. On the opposite hand, until now in Rajasthan, leaders of all the large castes like Rajput, Brahmin, Dalit, Muslim have gotten the chance to grow to be the Chief Minister.
Big Jat leaders of Rajasthan
It isn’t that there was no huge Jat chief within the state. Here, many leaders like Baldev Mirdha, Ramniwas Mirdha, Balram Jakhar, Nathuram Mirdha, Parasram Maderna and Narayan Singh have held positions like Union Minister, Rajya Sabha MP, PCC Chief. But the submit of Chief Minister nonetheless remained untouched by Jat leaders.
When Ramniwas Mirdha saved turning into CM
In the historical past of Rajasthan, a chance for a Jat to grow to be the Chief Minister got here within the yr 1973 elections, when Indira Gandhi made Ramniwas Mirdha a contender for the submit of Chief Minister. But, at the moment, non-Jat leaders of many states together with Haryana and Punjab opposed this, after which Haridev Joshi was made the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
Parasram Maderna was additionally in discussions in 1981, however didn’t grow to be CM.
The second likelihood for the Jat group got here once more within the yr 1981, when the identify of Parasram Maderna was strongly raised for the Chief Minister. Even on this election, Congress received 140 seats by which greater than 82 MLAs demanded to make Parasram Maderna the Chief Minister. But that point additionally the Congress excessive command made Shivcharan Mathur the Chief Minister of Rajasthan. It is alleged that as a consequence of his closeness to Indira Gandhi, Shivcharan Mathur bought an enormous accountability because the Chief Minister.
Congress celebration has all the time had an enormous vote financial institution within the type of Jat group. For a very long time, Congress has been giving round 32 to 38 seats to the Jat group in each meeting election in Rajasthan.
Jat was anticipated to grow to be CM in Haryana
At current, there isn’t a Chief Minister from this main caste in any state throughout the nation. In such a state of affairs, throughout the Haryana Assembly elections, many huge leaders of Rajasthan had their eyes on the political equations there. Political consultants say that many huge Jat leaders of the state have been additionally frightened that if Congress authorities is shaped in Haryana and a Jat turns into the Chief Minister there, then in future, the demand for a Jat Chief Minister in Rajasthan could weaken.
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