Protests erupted throughout Rajasthan on Sunday a day after the BJP-led authorities annulled 9 districts and three divisions shaped by the earlier Congress authorities within the state.
Rajasthan chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma. (HT PHOTO)
Protest rallies had been taken out in Neem-Ka-Thana, Gangapur Metropolis, Dudu and Sanchore –– 4 of the 9 districts annulled by the Rajasthan cupboard on Saturday. Whereas the market was shut down in Shahpura, effigies of chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma had been burnt in Kekadi as a part of the stir.
“The decision of annulment of Shahpura was unfair,” stated Avinash Sharma, convener of the Jila Bachao Sangharsh Samiti in Shahpura. “We called for a market shutdown and the response showed that people are against the government’s move… We may also file a petition in the Rajasthan high court against the move.”
The state authorities on Saturday annulled the creation of 9 of the 17 districts and three divisions shaped by the Ashok Gehlot-led authorities final yr. The 9 annulled districts are Shahpura, Dudu, Jaipur Rural, Neem-Ka-Thana, Kekadi, Gangapur Metropolis, Jodhpur Rural, Anoopgrah, and Sanchore. Three new divisions in Pali, Banswara, and Sikar had been dissolved as properly. The state will now have 41 districts and 7 divisions.
“Rajasthan came into existence in 1959 as a separate state with 26 districts. Till 2023, only seven new districts were formed considering the convenience of the people and the administration. Hence, it is clear that the sudden formation of as many as 17 districts and also three new divisions were not a need of the hour,” parliamentary affairs minister Jogaram Patel stated whereas addressing reporters after the assembly.
In the course of the rally in Neem-ka-thana, protesters set tires and effigies of the chief minister and BJP state chief Madan Rathore on fireplace. In Kekadi, the Jila Bachao Sangharsh Samiti referred to as for protests exterior administrative workplaces. “We have called for a massive protest at all the administrative offices in the region. We want our district back,” stated Kekadi Jila Bachao Sangharash Samiti convener Ramavatar Sikhwal.
In Anoopgarh, native BJP leaders Mukesh Sharma and Vinay Chayaray supplied their resignations from the occasion to protest in opposition to the federal government’s determination.
The Congress additionally staged stirs within the annulled districts on Saturday.