Labourers carry out the restoration work of historical Hawa Mahal in Jaipur.
Badi Chaupar wears a deserted look during COVID-induced lockdown in Jaipur.
Family members wait for ambulance from Jawahar Lal Nehru hospital with a covid victim's dead body, in Rajasthan.
Covid-19 patients and their kin wait in the triage of Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur.
A Covid-19 patient awaits admission in Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital in Ajmer, Rajasthan.
A COVID-19 patient waits to be admitted to Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital, during the second wave of coronavirus pandemic, in Ajmer.
Artists and activists paint a 'rangoli' to create awareness on COVID-19, during the second wave of coronavirus pandemic in India, in Jodhpur.
Super moon also called the pink moon, is seen over Ajmer, Rajasthan.
A temporary barricade set up to prevent locals from entering the market after Rajasthan Government imposed lockdown in view of surge in coronavirus cases, in Beawar.
A factory worker sanitises cylinders containing medical oxygen, required for treatment of critical COVID-19 patients, as coronavirus cases surge in Ajmer.
A delegation of shop-owners and local traders present a memorandum to Sub-Division Officer IAS Ram Prakash during a protest against Rajasthan Government's decision to close all sho...
City streets near the Hawa Mahal wear a deserted look during weekend lockdown, imposed to curb the ongoing surge in coronavirus cases, at Badi Chaupar in Jaipur.
BJP MP Kirori Lal Meena pays tribute to priest Shambhu Sharma, who allegedly died due to trauma owing to pressure from local land mafias, during a protest dharna demanding justice ...
Workers test electric wires on the Delhi-Mumbai railway corridor, in Beawar.
New born babies admitted at Government Amrit Kaur Hospital shifted to a general ward after a fire in the Special NewBorn Care Unit (SNCU) ward, in Beawar
Devotees stand in a queue to offer prayers to Lord Shiva on the occasion of 'Maha Shivaratri', at Jharkhand Mahadev Temple in Jaipur.
A Devotee performs 'Abhishekam' to Lord Shiva on the occasion of 'Maha Shivaratri' festival in Ajmer.
Women passengers arrive at Sindhi camp bus station to board buses, after travelling in public buses was made free for women and girls on the occasion of International Women's Day, ...
People take part in a protest against the price hike of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and petrol, in Ajmer, Rajasthan.
Senior citizens wait to receive the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, during the second phase of a countrywide inoculation drive, at a government hospital in Bikaner.
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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
