Congress leaders meet ailing Gujjar neta Col Kirori Bainsla

Jaipur: Congress leaders met ailing

Gujjar

leader Col Kirori

Singh Bainsla

at his residence in Jaipur on Tuesday. Ministers Lalchand Kataria and Rajendra Yadav, former minister Raghu

Sharma

, Dharmendra Rathore and Naurat Gurjar were part of the delegation.Although Congress leaders described it a courtesy call, the meeting was seen with much significance in the state political circles. The Gujjar community significant presence in several assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies, especially in eastern Rajasthan. The Congress leaders are reaching out to the Gujjar leader in the backdrop of assembly elections in five states, including Gujarat where Sharma is the AICC incharge.Octogenarian Bainsla, who is recuperating at his home after suffering two Covid infections and other ailments, had a telechat with chief minister Ashok Gehlot while the Congress leaders were at his home. Rathore said, “Bainsla ji thanked the CM for taking regular updates on his health. He also thanked the Gehlot-government for granting MBC quota and ensuring its implementation because of which youth from the most backward communities were getting jobs.”
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