The assembly session in Rajasthan is set to commence on Friday. This time around, the atmosphere will be completely changed. After almost two decades, more new faces will be seen on the benches of the ruling party in the House. The brand new team of BJP will face the experienced team of the opposition.
Bhajan Lal Sharma, who won the elections for the first time and became the Chief Minister, will start a new chapter in the House on behalf of BJP. This will also be his first experience of the House. In such a situation, it remains to be seen how they deal with the issues that the opposition raises.
On the other hand, Tikaram Jully, the Congress legislature party, will also face a big test. However, in terms of experience, he is senior to the Chief Minister. However, he is not considered a good speaker in the House. While being a minister, he was not able to answer effectively in the House. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see how he confronts the government.
Many senior leaders from the BJP will not be seen in the House this time. BJP will miss leaders like former Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore, former Deputy Leader of Opposition Satish Poonia, former Speaker Kailash Meghwal and Gulab Chandra Kataria. These were the leaders who dominated the House. Kataria was made the Governor, but the other leaders lost the elections.
The biggest thing is that it will be a new experience for former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje also. For the first time in her political career, Raje, who has been the Chief Minister twice, will participate in the House as only a member. She was a powerful leader of the Rajasthan BJP for more than two decades.
This time the party high command preferred to bet on new young faces. Bhajan Lal Sharma was given the post of the Chief Minister. In a way, a new era has started in Rajasthan BJP. The BJP benches in the House will present a completely changed look. Bhajan Lal has given the responsibility of the Finance Ministry to a young leader like Diya Kumari, which is also being seen as a new beginning.
After years, the state budget will not be presented by the Chief Minister but by a woman finance minister. However, she also has no experience of running a government. But, due to her connections with the royal family and as an educated social worker, she has made her mark.
Second Deputy Chief Minister Prem Chand Bairwa will also represent the government for the first time as a minister in the House. BJP has Kirodi Lal Meena as an experienced leader, who can counter every move of the opposition.
On the other hand, Congress may have given the responsibility of Leader of the Opposition to Jully, but it has more experienced leaders than BJP. Along with former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, party president Govind Singh Dotasra, Shanti Dhariwal, Sachin Pilot, Harish Chaudhary, Rafiq Khan, Amin Kagzi and Mukesh Bhakar are such leaders who can outweigh the BJP in the House. Now, in the House proceedings starting from Friday, it has to be seen how the new and young team of BJP competes with the experienced team of Congress.