In all likelihood, Jaitley will keep Gehlot engaged in Gujarat as BJP has to further strengthen its impregnable fortress. In the latest diatribe, Gehlot has accused the state government of showing apathy to farmers in Ganganagar and who are struggling to get their quota of water from Gang Canal. Rajasthan water resources minister Ram Pratap and chief engineers, in July last year, had discussed the dilapidated condition of the Ferozepur feeder and Rajasthan Canal with the then Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal. Both these leaders have been raising concerns of farmers in the catchment area of Rajasthan Canal for a long time. He then may become the Jat chief minister which has been a long pending demand of Jats, which constitute around 8% of the state’s population.

Source: dna August 26, 2017 03:06 UTC