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Why the BJP is not afraid of protests by the Rajput community? | Latest News India

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The ultimatum given by the Rajput community to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the withdrawal of Union minister Parshottam Rupala’s Lok Sabha nomination from the Rajkot constituency, following his controversial comments regarding the Rajputs, ended on Friday. However, the BJP appears resolute and unmoved, seemingly unaffected by the Rajput community’s threats of protests against Rupala and the saffron party. PREMIUM Rajkot: BJP candidate Parshottam Rupala leads a roadshow on his way to filing his nomination papers as BJP candidate for Rajkot Lok Sabha seat, ahead of Lok Sabha elections, in Rajkot, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI04_16_2024_000106A)(PTI) Addressing a small gathering of Dalits in Rajkot on March 22, Rupala remarked that former “maharajas” yielded to the oppression of foreign rulers and the British. “There were others also who ruled us. So did the British and…they spared nothing to persecute (us). Even kings and royals bowed down to the British, started family bonds with them, broke bread with them, and even married their daughters to them. But this Rukhi Samaj (a Dalit community) was steadfast. …

Rajput mahapanchayat calls for ‘boycott’ of BJP leaders, barring Yogi, in Muzaffarnagar | India News

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A mahapanchayat of the Rajput community held in Kheda village under the Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha constituency on Tuesday declared its decision to “boycott BJP candidates” in the first phase of general elections in Uttar Pradesh in protest against “non-implementation of government schemes, rise in unemployment, Agniveer Scheme and insult of the Rajput Samaj”. The boycott call, however, did not apply to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who, the community leaders, said was their voice which was “not being heard by central BJP leadership”. During the mahapanchayat, which was organised by “chaubisi” — a conglomerate of 24 villages falling under Siwal Khas (Baghpat), Sardhana (Meerut) and Khatauli (Muzaffarnagar) Assembly seats symbolising Rajput power — community leaders “pledged their support” for SP candidate Harendra Malik in Muzaffarnagar. In other Lok Sabha seats in the region, they said “they will vote for the candidate who is in a position to defeat the BJP”. Referring to two former Prime Ministers — V P Singh and Chandra Shekhar from the Rajput community — the leaders asked why they have …