What has been the history of Jat voters?Let’s know...
The congress government, which came to power for the first time in rajasthan under the leadership of
Tikaram Paliwal, abolished the Jagirdari system in the year 1950 and introduced many reforms by giving
rights over land to the farmers.
Doing this proved to be a huge victory for the farming community of the state. After which many party
leaders like Nathu ram Mirdha, Kumbha ram arya and ram Niwas Mirdha became MLAs, then ministers
and even Union ministers. His family is still in politics. In the year 1977, there were only a few seats in the
Hindi belt on which congress MPs had won the elections. In which Nagaur seat was also included,
Nathuram Mirdha had won the election on this seat.
However, after Gehlot's dominance in the congress after the 1998 assembly elections, senior Jat leaders
like Parasram Maderna were allegedly sidelined. This move of the party increased the resentment towards
congress within the Jat community.
In the year 2003, in a rally organized in Sikar during the assembly election campaign, the then Prime
Minister atal bihari vajpayee announced that he would include Jats in the OBC category and the Jat
community of the state would be eligible for reservation. In this election, the Jat community was inclined
towards BJP.
In the same year, when vasundhara raje was made the cm data-face of bjp, she described herself as the
daughter-in-law of Jats and appealed to the community to vote, after which Jat votes are seen equally
divided between congress and BJP. Because both the parties have many MLAs coming from Jat
community. Now, in the assembly elections to be held in the year 2023, bjp has taken a step forward to
woo the Jat communities and included Nathuram Mirdha's granddaughter, former Nagaur mp Jyoti
Mirdha, in the party. bjp is hoping to woo more and more Jat voters from Jyoti.