Amid the discontent over the lists of 156 candidates announced by the ruling Congress for Rajasthan Assembly election so far, Baseri MLA Khiladi Lal Bairwa on Wednesday resigned as chairperson of the State Scheduled Castes Commission. A total of seven sitting MLAs were dropped in the two lists released on Tuesday.
Mr. Bairwa, considered a loyalist of former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, was replaced with Sanjay Kumar Jatav in the constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes in Dholpur district. Mr. Jatav, an engineer by profession, had unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election from the Karuli-Dholpur seat.
Mr. Bairwa, a former Congress MP, has sent in his resignation letter to party president Mallikarjun Kharge, while pointing out that the State government had failed to give a statutory status to the SC commission, making its functioning ineffective and giving rise to dissatisfaction among the Dalit communities.
