An artisan gives final touches to an idol of Goddess Durga ahead of the Durga Puja festival, in Jaipur.
Customers stand in a long queue outside a bank branch to withdraw money for the forthcoming festive season, in Beawar.
Rajasthan BJP President Satish Poonia with senior party leaders during a meeting ahead of local bodies election, at party office in Jaipur.
Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (C), addresses farmers and food grain merchants regarding the farm laws, in Bikaner.
Polling officials carrying EVMs leave ahead of the fourth phase of Panchayat elections in Rajasthan, at Bhawani Niketan in Jaipur.
Polling officials carrying EVMs leave ahead of the fourth phase of Panchayat elections in Rajasthan, at Bhawani Niketan in Jaipur.
Congress leader and former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot attends a condolence meeting for former Union Minister the late Jaswant Singh, in Jodhpur.
Bharatiya Janata Party activists stage a protest against Rajasthan government over women safety and law and order issues, in Jaipur.
Police stop Bharatiya Janata Party activists who were holding a protest against Rajasthan Government over women safety and law and order issues, in Jaipur.
Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Heavy Industries Arjun Ram Meghwal addresses a press conference in Bikaner.
Former Rajasthan Deputy CM and senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 151st birth anniversary, at party office in Jaipur.
Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Kailash Choudhary addresses a press conference on farm bills in Jaipur.
EVMs arranged at a centre as part of preparations for Panchayati Raj elections, in Ajmer.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot along with senior Congress leader T.S Singh Deo (L) addresses a press conference on the farm bills that have been passed in both the Houses of...
Nirbhiya Squad members of the police take oath for public safety and spread awareness on the their foundation day, at Amar Jawan Jyoti in Jaipur.
Inauguration of the newly constructed and Rajasthan's first underground Chandpole-Badi Chaupar Metro corridor, at Badi Chaupar Metro Station in Jaipur.
Metro train during a trial-run ahead of resumption of services with certain restrictions during Unlock 4, at Badi Chaupar station in Jaipur. Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot is expected t...
Rajasthan Congress President Govind Singh Dotasra (C) with State Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas (R) and others addresses media over recent farm bills, in Jaipur.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra meets with Dr Kafeel. UP Congress had run a campaign to release Dr KafeelKhan.
Candidates arrive at an examination centre for appearing in the Pre Teacher Education Test (PTET) exam, in Jaipur.
_100_140.jpg "On India's 73rd Independence Day, A Letter to Pehlu Khan")
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
