Gurjar quota agitation leader Kirori Singh Bainsla joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday at the party’s headquarters in New Delhi. Bainsla’s son Vijay Bainsla also joined the party in the presence of BJP’s Rajasthan election in-charge Prakash Javadekar.
On the occasion, Kirori Singh Bainsla said, “I have seen rarest of rare qualities in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that’s why I am joining the BJP.” Bainsla said that the PM interacts with common people and he is inspired by Modi’s working style.
Bainsla said that he has been close to chief ministers of both parties – the BJP and the Congress – and had seen their ideologies. “After seeing two parties closely, I am joining the BJP.” he said.
गुर्जर नेता कर्नल किरोड़ी सिंह जी बैंसला और उनके पुत्र विजय बैसला के भाजपा परिवार में शामिल होंने पर हार्दिक बधाई व शुभकामनाएं |@AmitShah @BJP4Rajasthan @BJP4India pic.twitter.com/T2Btlqpr5B
— Chowkidar Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) April 10, 2019
Javadekar said Bainsla had also met party president Amit Shah in the morning. He said that with each passing day, the BJP is emerging stronger in Rajasthan and win all 25 Lok Sabha seats.
Kirori Singh Bainsla is a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army and in 2007 led Gurjar quota Agitation. This demanded reservation in government jobs for the Gurjar community in Rajasthan. He leads the Gurjar Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti which has led the wave of protests across the state.
BJP’s masterstroke will spoil Congress’ game in Rajasthan?
Krori Singh Bainsla and Vijay Bainsla’s integration with the BJP party will escort Gurjar votes towards to the party on a major scale. This movement will disturb the vote calculation for the Congress in Rajasthan, which has recently come to the power in the state.
This is the second time Kirori Singh Bainsla is joining the BJP. In 2009 he had contested on a BJP ticket from Tonk-Sawai Madhopur constituency against Congress’ Namo Narain Meena but had lost by a narrow margin. Bainsla maintained considerable clout on the local Gujjar community.
In the Assembly elections last year, the Congress benefited from the Gujjar votes, when the party pushed Sachin Pilot, belonging to the Gujjar community, at the forefront of their campaign. Sachin Pilot had managed to swing the Gujjar vote decisively towards the Congress, resulting in seven of their candidates winning.
Political analysts believe that Kirori Singh Bainsla can influence voters of his community in as many as 30 seats in Rajasthan. The community that makes up 9% of the population in the state and could impact the Lok Sabha seats, especially in east Rajasthan and in Bhilwara, Ajmer, and Rajsamand.
