Protests erupt in Rajasthan over dissolution of 9 newly created districts

A protest led by Cong. MLA Suresh Modi (centre) at Neem Ka Thana on Monday in opposition to dissolution of 9 districts.
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Protests have erupted at a number of locations in Rajasthan over the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) authorities’s determination to dissolve 9 of the 17 districts created in the course of the earlier Congress regime. Markets remained closed and demonstrations have been organised in a lot of the districts abolished on December 28, with warnings of extended agitations.

The 9 districts dissolved by a call taken on the State Cupboard assembly listed below are Anupgarh, Dudu, Gangapur Metropolis, Jaipur Rural, Jodhpur Rural, Kekri, Neem Ka Thana, Sanchore, and Shahpura. The State will now have 41 districts. The BJP authorities has additionally annulled three new divisions that have been carved out in 2023, lowering their quantity to seven.

A ‘mahapadav (sit-in)’ was held outdoors the Collectorate constructing in Sanchore on Monday underneath the management of former Minister and Congress chief Sukhram Bishnoi, who stated there was robust resentment among the many individuals. The markets within the city have been closed on the decision of the Vyapar Mandal.

A number of organisations staged protests in opposition to the State authorities’s determination in Shahpura and submitted a memorandum to the Sub-Divisional Officer with the demand for the district’s restoration.

Representatives of native residents’ teams organised the same protest assembly outdoors the Collectorate in Anupgarh.

In Neem Ka Thana, a bunch led by Congress MLA Suresh Modi submitted a memorandum to the Collector demanding the district’s instant restoration. Mr. Modi stated the BJP authorities had abolished the district “out of revenge” as a result of the voters in Sikar and Neem Ka Thana had defeated the ruling occasion within the 2023 Meeting election.

A “head shaving protest” deliberate by the Zila Bachao Sangharsh Samiti in Kekri was postponed following police intervention. The group’s convener, Ramavtar Sikhwal, and Congress chief Raghu Sharma, who earlier represented Kekri within the Meeting, stated the BJP had damage the feelings of individuals and pushed the area to backwardness by taking away Kekri’s district standing.

Freeway blocked

The Bikaner-Sriganganagar nationwide freeway was blocked for a while on Sunday in protest in opposition to the abolition of Anupgarh district. The Opposition Congress has strongly condemned the choice and introduced that it’ll launch a large agitation on the problem within the State from January 1.