Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh is greeted by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at Rajasthan Assembly, in Jaipur.
Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh, state Assembly Speaker C.P. Joshi and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during the ongoing Rajasthan Assembly, in Jaipur.
Ashok Gehlot
Fireworks on the occasion of Makar Sakranti at Walled City in Jaipur.
Tourists ride on camels during the heritage walk in the 26th International Camel Festival, in Bikaner.
Rajasthani folk artists perform during a heritage walk at the 26th International Camel Festival, in Bikaner.
A camel getting its fur cut by Japanese hairdresser, Megumi Takeichi before Camel Festival, in Bikaner.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi addresses during the Kisan Rally, in Jaipur.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi meets his party workers and supporters during the Kisan Rally, in Jaipur.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Ghelot and Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot during the Kisan Rally, in Jaipur.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi waves as Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Ghelot and Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot looks on during the Kisan Rally, in Jaipur.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Ghelot and Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot during the Kisan Rally, in Jaipur.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot inspect the venue ahead Congress President Rahul Gandhi's first public meeting since Congress governmen...
International Hindu Parishad president Praveen Togadia adresses a press conference in Jaipur.
Farmers queue up outside a fertilisers shop to buy urea in Bikaner.
Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra with her fiance American singer Nick Jonas arrive for their wedding ceremonies, in Jodhpur, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018.
Industrialist Mukesh Ambani with wife Nita Ambani (L), daughter Isha Ambani (R) and son Anant Ambani arrives at Jodhpur Airport to attend the wedding ceremony of Bollywood actor Pr...
Bollywood actor Salman Khan arrives at the court to hear the verdict in decades-old black buck poaching case, in Jodhpur, Thursday, April 5, 2018. The court awarded Khan five years...
Commuters travel amidst a dust storm, in Jaipur on Wednessday, June, 06, 2018.
A dust storm approches the city of Bikaner on Saturday, June, 09, 2018.
Apurva in the Indian Express:
Dausa...This epicentre of the Gurjjar reservation agitation used to be Sachin Pilot’s seat till delimitation made it a reserved constituency [reserved for STs] Reservation is the biggest poll issue. Several Gurjjars died fighting for it in the bloody protests of 2007 and 2008. And their determination to obtain Scheduled Tribe (ST) status is matched only by the rival [ST]Meena community’s determination to not allow them to get it.Since this seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes, and since Gurjjars in Rajasthan, not being STs, could not contest this seat, they brought in Qammar Rabbani Chechi, a Muslim Gurjjar from Jammu and Kashmir, to fight for the cause of Gurjjar reservation
Chechi qualified because in J&K, Gurjjars are ST. By coming to contest in Rajasthan, he also underscored a fact that had been apparent during the agitations — that Gurjjar caste loyalties can overshadow state boundaries.Read the full piece: An ‘import’ from J&K fights bitter Gurjjar battle in Rajasthan
