In the last two years, Alwar has shot to infamy for what’s politely known as cow vigilantism: a short roll-call includes the lynchings of Pehlu Khan, Mohammed Umar and Rakbar Khan.
A 9-judge bench in 1992, while upholding the reservation for OBCs, had held that the reservation be limited to 50% and that Article 15 only allowed for reservation for socially or educationally backward, and not economically backward classes
Analysis of the election results shows that the Congress party could have scored a win in as many as 34 more seats in the two heartland states, had it fought the elections in alliance with Mayawati's BSP.
Rahul Gandhi took over the reins of the party from her mother exactly a year ago and the flattering performance of his party in three states seemed to be a befitting gift to him on the occasion.
It has been a bipolar contest between the BJP and the Congress for the past 25 years and this time around, too, it was no different in the desert state.
