Rajasthan: Development and Caste Big Poll Issues in Jat-Dominated Bharatpur Constituency

Bharatpur- In Rajasthan, the tradition has been to overthrow the incumbent state government. Will this sentiment pervade the Lok Sabha polls? 

The Narendra Modi-led BJP, which has been in power for two consecutive terms, won 24 out of the 25 constituencies in Rajasthan in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The remaining seat, Nagaur, was won by its alliance party, the Rashtriya Lok Dal.

Bharatpur, one of the four seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes in Rajasthan, is dominated by the Jat community. It also has a significant Jatav population. As per the 2019 voter list issued by the election commission, out of 19.43 lakh voters in the constituency, five lakh are from the Jat community, and there are about 3.50 lakh Jatav voters. 

In the fray in Bharatpur are the BJP’s Ramswaroop Koli, the Congress’s Sanjana Jatav, and the BSP’s Anjila Jatav. Notably, the BJP won the seat in the last two Lok Sabha polls. The constituency is also home to incumbent Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma. 

So what are the issues plaguing the lives of people in Bharatpur? Will they give another chance to the BJP?  

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