In election year, Rajasthan creates 19 new districts; BJP says ‘political move’

India

oi-Deepika S

The
Rajasthan
government
on
Friday
announced
it
will
create
19
new
districts
and
three
more
divisional
headquarters
keeping
in
mind
the
demands
of
the
people.

Gehlot
made
the
announcement
in
the
Rajasthan
assembly,
which
also
passed
the
2023-24
Budget
with
a
voice
vote.
He
said
a
high-level
committee
was
formed
to
study
the
formation
of
new
districts
and
the
state
government
has
received
a
report.
“

“In
this
way,
the
state
will
now
have
19
new
districts,”
the
chief
minister
said
during
a
discussion
on
the
Budget.
The
three
new
divisions
will
be
in
Banswara,
Pali
and
Sikar,
he
said.
For
the
new
districts
and
divisions,
he
proposed
a
budget
of
Rs
2,000
crore
for
the
first
phase
of
implementation
of
infrastructure
and
human
resource
development.
New
districts
are
being
formed
after
15
years.

Geographically,
Rajasthan
is
the
biggest
state
in
the
country
and
some
of
the
places
are
more
than
100
kilometers
far
from
their
district’s
headquarters,
and
so
people
face
problems,
Gehlot
said.
“Small
districts
lead
to
effective
administration,
management,
and
control
over
law
and
order
gets
easy.
Various
states
in
the
country
have
been
ahead
in
forming
new
districts.
So,
there
was
a
demand
within
the
state
to
make
new
districts,”
he
said.

The
Ashok
Gehlot
government’s
move
in
an
election
year
received
criticism
from
the
BJP,
which
alleged
the
real
intention
behind
the
decision
is
to
meet
“personal
political
ends”.

The
new
districts
of
Rajasthan
include
Anoopgarh,
which
was
part
of
Ganganagar;
Balotra
(Barmer);
Beawar
(Ajmer);
Kekri
(Ajmer);
Deeg
(Bharatpur);
Deedwana-Kuchaman
(Nagaur);
Dudu
(Jaipur);
Gangapur
City
(Sawai
Madhopur);
Jaipur
North;
Jaipur
South;
Jodhpur
East;
Jodhpur
West;
Kotputli-Behror
(Jaipur-Alwar);
Khertal
(Alwar);
Neem
kaThana
(Sikar);
Phalodi
(Jodhpur);
Salumber
(Udaipur);
Sanchore
(Jalore);
and
Shahpura
(Bhilwara).

“Many
important
faces
have
been
ignored
in
the
announcementy
of
the
new
districts
and
now
people
will
have
to
face
administrative
complications,
BJP
leader
Vasundhara
Raje
tweeted
in
Hindi.

नये
ज़िले
बनाए
जाने
की
प्रक्रिया
में
कई
महत्वपूर्ण
तथ्यों
को
नज़रअंदाज़
कर
दिया
गया
है।
जिस
कारण
नये
ज़िले
बनने
से
होने
वाली
सुगमता
के
बजाय
जनता
को
प्रशासनिक
जटिलताओं
का
सामना
करना
पड़ेगा।

#Rajasthan

—
Vasundhara
Raje
(@VasundharaBJP)

March
17,
2023

At
present,
Rajasthan
has
33
districts.
The
last
new
district
was
created
in
Rajasthan
15
years
ago
by
Vasundhara
Raje
when
she
made
Pratapgarh
a
district.