Water wants dominate voter minds in Gujarat’s Tharad’s constituency

By PTI

THARAD:  “There is no water, give us water.” As the solar beats down on arid flatlands punctuated by salt marshes, it is the one demand and paramount want verbalised by voters on this border space when candidates name on them on this election season.

In the ebb and circulate of life, water is the exigency, slicing by means of strains in a society riven by caste, the deciding issue for weddings with dad and mom preferring to repair their daughters’ weddings in villages near the one Narmada canal within the space.

And the undercurrent working by means of the marketing campaign of all celebration candidates in Banaskantha’s Tharad constituency, about 40 km from the Pakistan border and simply 15 km from Rajasthan.

The BJP has fielded Shankar Chaudhary, an OBC (different backward lessons) and chairperson of Asia’s greatest dairy, Banas Dairy, from this constituency dominated by the Chaudhary caste.

Among the 14 candidates within the fray for the December 5 election, is Congress’ sitting MLA Gulab Singh Peerabhai, additionally an OBC. The Aam Aadmi Party has fielded Virchandbhai Chelabhai Chavda.
ALSO READ | How caste equations are on the coronary heart of the 2022 Gujarat elections 

“Pani nathi, pani aapo (there is no water, give us water)” was the refrain from a bunch of girls, some with veils drawn over their faces, at Ajawada village the place the BJP’s nominee Chaudhary went asking for votes.

The girls, who spend many hours every day accumulating water for his or her houses, have been from all castes.

Jamna Ben, who greeted him in conventional model by placing a purple ’tilak’ on his brow, echoed them. “I am hopeful you will give me water,” she mentioned.

Addressing the small gathering on the premises of the village temple, Chaudhary assured them he’ll resolve their issues and concludes his speech with ‘gau (cow) mata ki jai’.

The situation discovered echo as he moved to the following village, Vantadu, for a post-death ritual.

Chaudhary, who changed the purple turban with a white one, appealed to them to vote for the BJP and warranted them their water wants will likely be addressed.

Bharubhai Kag, a Chaudhary by caste, watched the goings on and positioned the matter in perspective. “There is only one Narmada canal in the district which has been providing water to only 38 villages in Tharad taluka having a total of 135 villages,” Kag advised PTI.

The water stage, he mentioned, has gone down drastically and borewells have to be dug very deep to get water which is anyway saline and never good for crops. “People from villages which are near the canal don’t marry their daughters to boys from villages that are far away from the canal are dependent on the borewells for irrigation,” Kag added.

Standing subsequent to him, Maheshji Bhai Thakor, from the Thakor caste as his identify suggests, agreed.

“Water is such a big issue that people can vote for a person from another caste if it gets resolved. Both Kag and Thakor describe Congress MLA as a good man. The going, they said, will be tough for him this time with the Congress appearing to punch above its weight. Gulab Singh is always there to help people but people want someone who will sit in Ahmedabad and resolve their differences,” Thakor mentioned.

Addressing a rally within the constituency not too long ago, Union Home Minister Amit Shah mentioned Chaudhary will develop into a giant man if he wins the election.

Singh has been conducting a low-key, going door-to-door and assembly elders and kids from each caste. He has been speaking at size concerning the water shortage situation in his speech, blaming the BJP which has been in energy for almost three many years for it.

In the 2017 Gujarat meeting election, BJP’s Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel gained the election however later left the seat after getting elected as MP from Banaskantha district. Congress’ Gulab Singh gained defeating the BJP candidate within the bypoll in 2019.

In 2017, Chaudhary contested from the Vav constituency of Banaskantha and misplaced to Congress’s Geniben Thakor.

The Gujarat elections are being held over two phases, on December 1 and 5. The votes will likely be counted on December 8.

THARAD:  “There is no water, give us water.” As the solar beats down on arid flatlands punctuated by salt marshes, it is the one demand and paramount want verbalised by voters on this border space when candidates name on them on this election season.

In the ebb and circulate of life, water is the exigency, slicing by means of strains in a society riven by caste, the deciding issue for weddings with dad and mom preferring to repair their daughters’ weddings in villages near the one Narmada canal within the space.

And the undercurrent working by means of the marketing campaign of all celebration candidates in Banaskantha’s Tharad constituency, about 40 km from the Pakistan border and simply 15 km from Rajasthan.

The BJP has fielded Shankar Chaudhary, an OBC (different backward lessons) and chairperson of Asia’s greatest dairy, Banas Dairy, from this constituency dominated by the Chaudhary caste.

Among the 14 candidates within the fray for the December 5 election, is Congress’ sitting MLA Gulab Singh Peerabhai, additionally an OBC. The Aam Aadmi Party has fielded Virchandbhai Chelabhai Chavda.ALSO READ | How caste equations are on the coronary heart of the 2022 Gujarat elections 

“Pani nathi, pani aapo (there is no water, give us water)” was the refrain from a bunch of girls, some with veils drawn over their faces, at Ajawada village the place the BJP’s nominee Chaudhary went asking for votes.

The girls, who spend many hours every day accumulating water for his or her houses, have been from all castes.

Jamna Ben, who greeted him in conventional model by placing a purple ’tilak’ on his brow, echoed them. “I am hopeful you will give me water,” she mentioned.

Addressing the small gathering on the premises of the village temple, Chaudhary assured them he’ll resolve their issues and concludes his speech with ‘gau (cow) mata ki jai’.

The situation discovered echo as he moved to the following village, Vantadu, for a post-death ritual.

Chaudhary, who changed the purple turban with a white one, appealed to them to vote for the BJP and warranted them their water wants will likely be addressed.

Bharubhai Kag, a Chaudhary by caste, watched the goings on and positioned the matter in perspective. “There is only one Narmada canal in the district which has been providing water to only 38 villages in Tharad taluka having a total of 135 villages,” Kag advised PTI.

The water stage, he mentioned, has gone down drastically and borewells have to be dug very deep to get water which is anyway saline and never good for crops. “People from villages which are near the canal don’t marry their daughters to boys from villages that are far away from the canal are dependent on the borewells for irrigation,” Kag added.

Standing subsequent to him, Maheshji Bhai Thakor, from the Thakor caste as his identify suggests, agreed.

“Water is such a big issue that people can vote for a person from another caste if it gets resolved. Both Kag and Thakor describe Congress MLA as a good man. The going, they said, will be tough for him this time with the Congress appearing to punch above its weight. Gulab Singh is always there to help people but people want someone who will sit in Ahmedabad and resolve their differences,” Thakor mentioned.

Addressing a rally within the constituency not too long ago, Union Home Minister Amit Shah mentioned Chaudhary will develop into a giant man if he wins the election.

Singh has been conducting a low-key, going door-to-door and assembly elders and kids from each caste. He has been speaking at size concerning the water shortage situation in his speech, blaming the BJP which has been in energy for almost three many years for it.

In the 2017 Gujarat meeting election, BJP’s Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel gained the election however later left the seat after getting elected as MP from Banaskantha district. Congress’ Gulab Singh gained defeating the BJP candidate within the bypoll in 2019.

In 2017, Chaudhary contested from the Vav constituency of Banaskantha and misplaced to Congress’s Geniben Thakor.

The Gujarat elections are being held over two phases, on December 1 and 5. The votes will likely be counted on December 8.