The session began with Zero Hour, during which BJP MLA Anshuman Singh Bhati openly questioned his own government’s claims on power supply. Bhati alleged that despite repeated assurances of 24-hour electricity to farmers, the actual supply on the ground was limited to barely six hours a day. He said the shortfall was compounded by steep electricity tariffs, placing an unfair financial burden on the farming community.
Citing the Indira Gandhi Canal Project’s group diggi scheme, Bhati said farmers were being charged a tariff of ₹4,400 for a 30 HP diggi connection, resulting in bi-monthly bills of nearly ₹18,000. By contrast, he argued, bills under the normal agricultural tariff would amount to around ₹6,000 for the same period. “Farmers are paying more even as water availability and electricity supply are decreasing. This double burden is unjust,” he said, urging the government to extend normal agricultural tariffs to diggis built under lift irrigation projects.
On the opposition benches, Congress MLA Manish Yadav accused the BJP-led government of undermining the reservation system in government recruitments. Referring to a Supreme Court verdict and subsequent policy framework adopted in 1997, Yadav alleged that reservation rosters had not been implemented honestly for decades. He claimed several departments still lacked properly maintained roster registers, enabling manipulation of quotas.
Yadav pointed to recent recruitment processes, including Forest Guard and Women Supervisor posts, alleging that Scheduled Caste reservation was reduced to zero in some cases, while Other Backward Classes were granted lower-than-mandated percentages. He said unemployed candidates from reserved categories were being denied their constitutional rights.
The Speaker, Vasudev Devanani, also expressed displeasure over administrative lapses. Noting the near-empty officers’ gallery during Zero Hour, he directed the Parliamentary Affairs Minister to ensure the presence of officials during proceedings, calling it essential for accountability. The minister assured corrective steps.
The debate later witnessed brief disruptions over rival claims regarding the establishment of the Jaipur Police Commissionerate, with BJP and Congress MLAs blaming each other’s past governments for governance failures.
Leader of the Opposition Tikaram Juli is scheduled to address the House, after which Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma will reply, bringing the debate on the Governor’s address to a close. The exchanges underscored growing political friction over governance, farmer welfare, and social justice in the state.
