Why Rajasthan and the Jats are detached to Dhankhar’s resignation

Dhankhar, Choudhary factors out, had shifted from the Janata Dal to the Congress earlier than becoming a member of the BJP, the place he needed to look forward to 21 lengthy years earlier than receiving any substantive submit — till he grew to become governor of West Bengal.

He gained solely two elections in his lengthy political profession, the primary to the Lok Sabha as a Janata Dal candidate and later, as a Congress candidate, to the state meeting. Within the 1998 election for the Lok Sabha from Jhunjhunu, he misplaced his deposit. He has, the truth is, misplaced twice in Lok Sabha elections.

Dhankhar, Choudhary says, was by no means fairly accepted as a frontrunner of the Jat group. He couldn’t attain the stature of such stalwarts as Nathuram Mirdha, Ram Niwas Mirdha, Chaudhary Kumbha Ram Arya, Parasram Maderna and Daulat Ram Saran. Even after being elected vice-president of India, he by no means fairly acquired the identical type of respect these state leaders command, he provides.

State Congress president for the previous 5 years Govind Singh Dotasra, although, feels that his caste was actually a significant consideration for the BJP appointing him first as a governor after which because the vice-president. The thought was to advertise Jat illustration and pleasure in Rajasthan, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh.

Nevertheless, his utility started to decrease as soon as the BJP realised that he not loved the identical standing locally as earlier than. The die was solid when the BJP misplaced the six Lok Sabha seats of Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Churu, Barmer and Nagaur seats — all Jat strongholds.

When Dhankhar started to behave independently, it was the final straw, Dotasra provides.