A breakaway section of the Gujjars, backed by BJP leaders formulated a strategy to revive the Gujjar agitation on the issue of quota. The group, led by former NCP MLA Ramveer Singh Bidhuri, had two meetings with the saffron leaders, and gave a call to organise a state-wide strike on June 13 if the state government failed to provide five per cent reservation to the community. However, Col. K.S. Bainsla distanced himself from this move.

Several leaders of the ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP from Rajasthan and outside the state have been lobbying hard to manage a Rajya Sabha berth but there is resentment against outside candidates in both the parties. The elections for five Rajya Sabha seats is slated for June 17.

Two Pakistani Hindu grooms were allowed to visit the border district of Sriganganagar in Rajasthan for their wedding function only after the high court heard their plea. They were cornered when the local authorities in Jodhpur refused to grant them permission while their brides were waiting to tie the nuptial knots. The sources said that

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot made a humble suggestion while wishing to see Rahul Gandhi as in-charge of Congress Seva Dal. He was speaking at a function organised by state Congress to remember late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on Friday in Jaipur.

The Vardhman Mahaveer Open University (VMOU) in Kota is all set to launch a six-month certificate course on MGNREGA that is touted to be the world’s biggest employment providing scheme.

The Rajasthan high court has struck down provisions made by the state government in Panchayat Act to provide 20 per cent seats to youth and 50 per cent to women and ruled that such provisions were against the Constitution.

A breakaway group of the Gujjar community has called for a “Mahapadav (mass gathering) at Matrkundia, in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh district, on May 27. The working president of the Gujjar Mahasabha, former BJP minister Kalulal Gujjar, said the community will formulate its strategy to achieve the goal of five per cent reservation for the community.

The mortal remains of former vice-president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat were consigned to flames with state honours on Sunday at a place marked for his memorial in Jaipur.

While the state government is geared up to prevent child marriages on Akha Teej in Rajasthan, details available with the state Assembly shows that 82 MLAs got married when they were not at a legally marriageable age.

Former chief minister and former vice-president of India Bhairon Singh Shekhawat passed away on Saturday in Jaipur after an illness of a couple of days. He is survived by his wife Suraj Kanwar and daughter Ratan.