Voters in eastern Rajasthan’s Bharatpur Lok Sabha constituency, an erstwhile Jat kingdom, rue its inclusion in the National Capital Region and Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) which has put the brakes on the region’s industrial growth. As the successive governments failed to promote non-polluting industries, the youths here are mostly without work. Once represented by veteran leaders such as Natwar Singh, Rajesh Pilot, Ram Kishan and Vishvendra Singh, Bharatpur was declared a reserved constituency for the Scheduled Castes in the 2008 delimitation. The BJP denied ticket to its sitting MP Bahadur Singh Koli and fielded Ranjeeta Koli, daughter-in-law of three-time parliamentarian Ganga Ram Koli. Bahujan Samaj Party’s Suraj Pradhan Jatav poses a challenge to both, while expecting to polarise Jatav voters.

Source: The Hindu May 04, 2019 19:40 UTC