Congress Confirms Dalit backlash over Mallikarjun Kharge purification row helped it in Rajasthan polls

The Congress party has said that a Dalit backlash against its chief Mallikarjun Kharge over a purification ceremony in Haldwani last month helped the party win more reserved seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the urban local body elections declared on Monday.

Govind Singh Dotasra Congress State

Govind Singh Dotasra, Congress state president, said that the BJP's attempt to "insultTheir attitude has been to change and destroy the Constitution. And the way they insulted Kharge ji and Dalits led to a difference (in results)," Dotasra said.

According to Dotasra, Congress won 542 reserved seats for Scheduled Castes against BJP's 350, or 192 more SC reserved wards than BJP. Among seats reserved for SC women, Congress won 261 against BJP's 186, or 75 more than BJP.

Dotasra Said That Delimitation Wards

Dotasra said that the delimitation of wards had been illegal and against the rules. With some bodies having 4,000 voters in a ward and 35,000 in others. In smaller local bodies, some wards have 600 votes, while others have 3,000 voters he shared.

He also alleged that the results were forcibly withheld in those wards where the Congress candidate was ahead. The BJP won 44 against Congress's 45 wards in Jodhpur and Jaipur. Despite Congress receiving over 10,000 more votes than the BJP in both cities.

Dotasra shared that during the Vasundhara Raje government's tenure. The BJP's vote share was 8.12 per cent more than Congress (in ULB polls). Meanwhile, during Ashok Gehlot government's tenure, the Congress's lead over the BJP was 2.2 percent.

However, this election's results show that the BJP's lead over the Congress has shrunk to just 1 per cent. "the BJP has been rejected" Dotasra said.

Dotasra also mentioned that in the 2023 assembly polls. The BJP's vote share in these 188 Assembly constituencies was 42.41 percent, which increased to 50.14 in the Parliamentary polls.

However, due to the BJP government's misgovernance, the vote share fell to 35.3 per cent in these elections.

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The Congress claimed that it won more reserved seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes than the BJP in the results for urban local bodies declared Monday, saying that BJP paid the price for “insulting” party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, a Dalit, with a purification ceremony in Haldwani last month. Talking to the media, Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra shared, “Their attitude has been to change and destroy the Constitution.

And the way they insulted Kharge ji and Dalits led to a difference (in results).” “Of the wards reserved for SCs, Congress won 542 against BJP’s 350, or 192 more SC reserved wards than BJP. Among seats reserved for SC women, Congress won 261 against BJP’s 186, or 75 more than BJP.

As for ST seats, Congress won 53 against BJP’s 39,” Dotasra shared. He said that the Dalit community has responded to the BJP which consistently spoke against the Constitution and reservation, and subjected Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge to humiliating treatment in Uttarakhand, including calls for the 'purification' of the venue after his meeting, Read | Put up in resorts, Congress’s Jaipur candidates leave for home over ‘lack of rooms, food’ Last week, police in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani registered an FIR against “unknown” persons over the alleged “purification” of the city's Ramlila Maidan following a rally last month The controversy had erupted two days after Kharge’s August 8 rally at the Ramlila Maidan, when the Shri Ram Sena Dharmarth Seva Nyas conducted a “purification” ritual at the ground.

‘Illegal delimitation’ “The results today show a mirror to the BJP as in urban local body polls. BJP is considered to have an upper hand. And the trend has always been that local body polls go more in favour of the ruling party,” Dotasra said.

Claiming just 1 per cent difference in vote share between the two parties. Read | Rajasthan civic polls: Why Congress’s loss is AAP and CPM’s gain Terming the delimitation as illegal and against the rules. He said that some bodies have 4,000 voters in a ward and 35,000 in others.

“In smaller local bodies, some wards have 600 votes, while others have 3,000 voters. The result is that of the 4,097 wards won Similarly, in 13 wards, the BJP managed to win He also said that the Congress Party had requested a recount in 1,316 wards, alleging “that the results were forcibly withheld in those wards where the Congress candidate was ahead ” He also claimed that in Jodhpur, the Congress received 42.7 per cent of the vote against BJP’s 39.8 per cent but BJP won 44 against Congress’s 45 wards.

Similarly in Jaipur, he shared that the Congress had over 10,000 more votes than the BJP but won in fewer wards, citing the “arbitrary delimitation” of wards such as ward number 31 with 13,499 voters and ward 135 with 32,272 voters. “During the Vasundhara Raje government’s tenure in the state.

The BJP’s vote share was 8.12 per cent more than Congress (in ULB polls) while during Ashok Gehlot government’s tenure. The Congress’s lead over the BJP was 2.2 percent.

However, this election’s results show that the BJP’s lead over the Congress has shrunk to just 1 per cent,” he said, adding that this shows that “the BJP has been rejected ” He said that in the 2023 assembly polls, the BJP’s vote share in these 188 Assembly constituencies was 42.41 percent, which increased to 50.14 in the Parliamentary polls, “However, due to the BJP government’s misgovernance, the vote share fell to 35.3 per cent in these elections.” The Congress claimed that it won more reserved seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes than the BJP in the results for urban local bodies declared Monday, saying that BJP paid the price for “insulting” party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, a Dalit, with a purification ceremony in Haldwani last month. Talking to the media, Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra shared, “Their attitude has been to change and destroy the Constitution.

And the way they insulted Kharge ji and Dalits led to a difference (in results).” “Of the wards reserved for SCs, Congress won 542 against BJP’s 350, or 192 more SC reserved wards than BJP. Among seats reserved for SC women, Congress won 261 against BJP’s 186, or 75 more than BJP.

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As for ST seats, Congress won 53 against BJP’s 39,” Dotasra shared. He said that the Dalit community has responded to the BJP which consistently spoke against the Constitution and reservation, and subjected Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge to humiliating treatment in Uttarakhand, including calls for the 'purification' of the venue after his meeting, Read | Put up in resorts, Congress’s Jaipur candidates leave for home over ‘lack of rooms, food’ Last week, police in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani registered an FIR against “unknown” persons over the alleged “purification” of the city's Ramlila Maidan following a rally last month The controversy had erupted two days after Kharge’s August 8 rally at the Ramlila Maidan, when the Shri Ram Sena Dharmarth Seva Nyas conducted a “purification” ritual at the ground.

‘Illegal delimitation’ “The results today show a mirror to the BJP as in urban local body polls. BJP is considered to have an upper hand. And the trend has always been that local body polls go more in favour of the ruling party,” Dotasra said.

Claiming just 1 per cent difference in vote share between the two parties. Read | Rajasthan civic polls: Why Congress’s loss is AAP and CPM’s gain Terming the delimitation as illegal and against the rules. He said that some bodies have 4,000 voters in a ward and 35,000 in others.

“In smaller local bodies, some wards have 600 votes, while others have 3,000 voters. The result is that of the 4,097 wards won Similarly, in 13 wards, the BJP managed to win He also said that the Congress Party had requested a recount in 1,316 wards, alleging “that the results were forcibly withheld in those wards where the Congress candidate was ahead ” He also claimed that in Jodhpur, the Congress received 42.7 per cent of the vote against BJP’s 39.8 per cent but BJP won 44 against Congress’s 45 wards.

Similarly in Jaipur, he shared that the Congress had over 10,000 more votes than the BJP but won in fewer wards, citing the “arbitrary delimitation” of wards such as ward number 31 with 13,499 voters and ward 135 with 32,272 voters. “During the Vasundhara Raje government’s tenure in the state.

The BJP’s vote share was 8.12 per cent more than Congress (in ULB polls) while during Ashok Gehlot government’s tenure. The Congress’s lead over the BJP was 2.2 percent.

However, this election’s results show that the BJP’s lead over the Congress has shrunk to just 1 per cent,” he said, adding that this shows that “the BJP has been rejected ” He said that in the 2023 assembly polls, the BJP’s vote share in these 188 Assembly constituencies was 42.41 percent, which increased to 50.14 in the Parliamentary polls, “However, due to the BJP government’s misgovernance, the vote share fell to 35.3 per cent in these elections.”.