http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Rajasthan%3A_political_history Rajasthan: political history - Revision history 2026-09-10T15:15:02Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.19.2 http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php?title=Rajasthan:_political_history&diff=135612&oldid=prev Jyoti: /* Recognising caste */ 2025-04-10T16:39:12Z <p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Recognising caste</span></span></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 16:39, 10 April 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 81:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 81:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; 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color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[File: Sawai Man Singh (II) taking oath as Rajpramukh in the presence of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Durbar Hall, City Palace, Jaipur, on March 30, 1949.jpg</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sawai Man Singh (II) taking oath as Rajpramukh in the presence of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Durbar Hall, City Palace, Jaipur, on March 30, 1949 &lt;br/&gt; From</ins>: <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[https</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">//epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=30_03_2025_019_012_cap_TOI&#160; Suparna Roy &amp; Shoeb Khan, TNN, March 30, 2025</ins>: <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''The Times of India''</ins>]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|frame|500px</ins>]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; 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The event, officiated by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Jaipur’s City Palace, marked a near-complete unification of Rajputana and laid the foundation of modern Rajasthan. Since then, March 30 has been celebrated as Rajasthan Day.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">
This year, the Bhajan Lal Sharmaled BJP govt has announced a calendar shift — Rajasthan Day will now be celebrated annually on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, the first day of the Hindu calendar. Coincidentally, in 2025, that falls on March 30 — but in future years, the date will vary. In 2026, for example, Chaitra Pratipada will fall on March 19.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">
Justifying the change, Sharma said the date aligns with India’s traditional calendar and reflects Rajasthan’s Sanatan cultural heritage. He cited Sardar Patel’s 1949 speech noting that the foundation of Greater Rajasthan happened on Varsha Pratipada (the New Year in Vikram Samvat 2006), which coincided with March 30 that year. The state government has earmarked Rs 25 crore for this year’s celebrations and argues that marking the day by the Indian calendar restores cultural continuity.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">
Critics say the change politicises a historical event. Historian R S Khangarot warns that it dilutes the historical accuracy of March 30, 1949 — a date etched in records as the day Rajasthan was officially formed. “Facts must remain facts,” he said, adding that using a movable date risks distorting public memory of the actual event.
</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The Rajasthan Board’s Class X history textbook also affirms March 30, 1949, as the date when Rajasthan was officially named and unified.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">
The change has triggered a political row, with the opposition Congress accusing the BJP of pushing an R S S backed cultural agenda. Leader of Opposition Tikaram Jully called the move “unnecessary saffronisation,” asking if similar shifts would be proposed for Independence Day or Republic Day. “Rajasthan Day is a political and historical event, not a religious festival,” he said.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">
The decision has roots in the longstanding campaign of the Navvarsh Samaroh Samiti (NSS), an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-aligned body established in 1952. Since 2001, NSS has lobbied successive governments to mark Rajasthan Day according to the Vikram Samvat calendar, claiming historical evidence that Patel’s ceremony coincided with Chaitra Pratipada.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">
Supporters of the move, including Sanskrit scholars and govt officials, argue that the Vikram Samvat is a broadly Indian calendar, used not only by Hindus but also by Jains, Buddhists, and Sikhs. They contend that recognising this system for a state event enhances India’s civilisational identity.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">
At the heart of debate is the question — is Rajasthan Day a historical milestone or a cultural celebration? 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Congress, along with its INDIA bloc partners, won 11 seats to not only dent BJP’s ambitions but also prove wrong exit poll projections that had given the saffron party around 20 seats.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">
While BJP was restricted to 14 seats, Congress snagged eight, just over six months after the saffron party unseated the erstwhile the Ashok Gehlot govt in the assembly polls. INDIA bloc partners won in Sikar (CPM’s Amra Ram), Banswara (BAP’s Rajkumar Roat) and Nagaur (RLP’s Hanuman Beniwal).
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Victory margins of Congress in six of the eight seats it won was less than a lakh votes each. Also, most of the seats that Congress and its allies won had voted in Phase-I on April 19.
Among the Phase-II seats, which went to polls on April 26, Congress won Tonk-Sawai Madhopur and Barmer, while BAP got Banswara. PM Modi’s “mangalsutra” remark criticising Congress’s wealth redistribution promise was first heard at a rally in Banswara on April 24.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">
Union minister Kailash Choudhary lost badly from Barmer, finishing third. Congress candidate Ummedaram Beniwal defeated independent candidate and sitting Sheo MLA Ravindra Singh Bhati by 1.2 lakh votes from here.
Union ministers Bhupendra Yadav (Alwar) and Arjun Ram Meghwal (Bikaner) won by slim margins, while Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (Jodhpur) recorded a convincing victory by 1.1 lakh votes. Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla won Kota by around 42,000 votes.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">
BJP’s loss in Bharatpur, which is CM Bhajan Lal Sharma’s home turf, left the saffron brigade perplexed. There, Congress greenhorn Sanjana Jatav defeated former MP Ramswaroop Koli of BJP by nearly 52,000 votes.
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Ex-CM Gehlot wrote on X, “The first phase of voting in Rajasthan sent a message to the entire country that the dictatorial nature of this government can be fought against. The wave that started in the first phase in Rajasthan reached the entire country. India alliance winning double digit seats in Rajasthan shows that the public felt that despite good schemes and good governance, BJP misled people and took votes and formed the government (in Rajasthan). 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Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari, who belongs to the Jaipur royal family, triumphed over her Congress rival Sitaram Agarwal by 71,368 votes, one of the highest victory margins in the state.
Raje retained her bastion for the sixth time, beating her rival by 53,193 votes.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">
Siddhi Kumari, erstwhile princess of Bikaner, who has been winning Bikaner East for BJP since 2008, secured the seat once again, defeating Yashpal Gehlot of Congress by a margin of 19,303 votes.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">
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&#160;</div></td></tr> </table> Jyoti http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php?title=Rajasthan:_political_history&diff=129467&oldid=prev Jyoti: /* Bhajan Lal appointed CM */ 2023-12-25T20:11:27Z <p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Bhajan Lal appointed CM</span></span></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 20:11, 25 December 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 333:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 333:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/debutant-mla-bhajan-lal-first-brahmin-cm-of-rajasthan-in-33-years/articleshow/105943131.cms&#160; 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In 1977, the Morarji Desai government dismissed Haridev Joshi’s Congress government in Rajasthan, and Shekhawat was sacked twice — by Indira Gandhi in 1980, and P V Narasimha Rao in 1992 after the demolition of the Babri Masjid.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Elected governments were dismissed thrice by central governments of the day. In 1977, the Morarji Desai government dismissed Haridev Joshi’s Congress government in Rajasthan, and Shekhawat was sacked twice — by Indira Gandhi in 1980, and P V Narasimha Rao in 1992 after the demolition of the Babri Masjid.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Rise of BJP in Rajasthan'''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>''' Rise of BJP in Rajasthan '''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>L K Advani started out as an R S S pracharak in Alwar before being sent to the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which was formed in 1951. 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In 2003 it won 120 out of 200.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Elected governments were dismissed thrice by central governments of the day. In 1977, the Morarji Desai government dismissed Haridev Joshi’s Congress government in Rajasthan, and Shekhawat was sacked twice — by Indira Gandhi in 1980, and P V Narasimha Rao in 1992 after the demolition of the Babri Masjid.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''Rise of BJP in Rajasthan'''</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">L K Advani started out as an R S S pracharak in Alwar before being sent to the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which was formed in 1951. Shekhawat was first elected MLA in 1952, and was for long the biggest leader of the BJP in the state. Thanks to Shekhawat, Rajasthan was the only state among the four whose governments were dismissed in 1992, where the BJP returned to power in 1993.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sundar Singh Bhandari and Satish Agarwal were prominent leaders of the Sangh in the state. Jaswant Singh and Ramdas Agrawal were prominent BJP leaders at the national level.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In 1952, the BJS won only 6 seats, but its influence increased steadily over the next two decades. From the 1990s onward, the BJP strengthened itself rapidly, and reached a peak of 163 seats in 2013. The Congress, which weakened during the same period, was reduced to 21 seats in that election, its lowest tally ever.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''Third force, fleeting impact'''</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">From time to time, a third political force and influential non-Congress, non-BJP leaders have emerged in the state, only to disappear or be subsumed in one of the two major parties.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">C Rajagopalachari’s Swatantra Party won 36 seats in the 176-member Assembly in 1962, and 48 out of 184 in 1967. Until the 1990s, the Janata Dal had several important leaders like Kalyan Singh Kalvi, Devi Singh Bhati, and Rajendra Singh Rathore.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Rathore is now the BJP Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, and Jagdeep Dhankhar, now Vice President of India, moved from the Janata Dal to the Congress and ultimately to the BJP.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In 2018, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had 6 MLAs, all of whom later joined the Congress.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''Important Chief Ministers'''</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Elections in the state are straight fights between the Congress and BJP, which have been dominated by Gehlot and Vasundhara Raje respectively, alternating CMs since 1998. Gehlot has been the face of his party in the state, and no rival apart from Sachin Pilot in the last few years has succeeded in weakening him. Vasundhara, who assumed office in 2003 with the blessings of then Vice President Shekhawat and the late Pramod Mahajan, remains the tallest leader of the BJP in the state, even though she has been systematically sidelined over the last five years.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The longest-serving Chief Minister has been Sukhadia of the Congress, who served for more than 16 years and 6 months, followed by Gehlot, who is approaching the end of three full terms in power. Shekhawat and Vasundhara have both served for more than 10 years each. In an earlier era, Haridev Joshi and H L Devpura were CMs for more than 6 years and more than 5 years respectively.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sukhadia, Gehlot, Shekhawat, and Vasundhara have ruled the state for more than 51 years among themselves.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''Caste groups in power'''</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gehlot is an OBC Mali. Vasundhara was born a Maratha who married into a royal family of Jats, and her daughter-in-law is from the Gujjar community. However, for all practical purposes, every royal in Rajasthan, including Vasundhara, is considered to be a “Rajput”.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ALSO READ | Rajasthan polls: After jugglery to accommodate Diya Kumari, BJP’s safe seat in choppy waters</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Of the state’s 14 CMs since Independence, five have been Brahmins, two Vaishyas (Sukhadia and Devpura), and a Kayastha (Shiv Charan Mathur), a Muslim (Barkatullah Khan), and a Rajput (Shekhawat) each. The state has seen prominent Jat leaders in Nathuram Mirdha, Ram Niwas Mirdha, and Parasram Maderna, but no Jat has ever been CM.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jagannath Pahadia, who served as CM for a little more than a year in 1980-81, belonged to an SC. He was elevated to the post by Indira at a time when Jagjivan Ram had quit the Congress, and she was looking for an SC leader who could be projected at the national level. 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