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JAIPUR: After conferring a large number of tickets for Lok Sabha seats on prominent caste groups in Rajasthan, the Congress now says it will try and accommodate those left out by giving them positions in the State government led by the party here. In the current Lok Sabha polls the Congress has given more than half of the total of 25 tickets to Jats, Rajputs and Brahmins altogether and there are many castes including Vishnois, Malis, Rawats and Yadavs who are not represented. Now the party is on an attempt to mollify the feelings of those who have been left out without any ticket. “As far as possible, we have tried to accommodate all caste groups. If anybody is left out, we will accommodate them in the power-sharing in Rajasthan. “The interests of these communities would be fully taken care of,” said Virendra Kataria, Rajya Sabha member and Congress Election Observer for the State, here over the weekend. Talking to The Hindu, Mr. Kataria conceded that the election results in Rajasthan were very crucial for the Congress. “We are already in a safe position in 15 to 16 constituencies while about five seats face keen contest,” he said. No compromiseMr. Kataria said the party did not make any compromise with its basic principles while deciding on the allocation of election tickets. “In certain seats, larger aspects and political considerations were taken into account while deciding on the candidates. One such is the nomination of a Muslim candidate from the Jat-dominated Churu,” he pointed out. “Comfortable position”Describing the position of the Congress in Rajasthan as very comfortable, he said the people welcomed the five years of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the Centre and the decisions of the new Congress Government in Rajasthan sworn in four months ago. “The UPA government did not let the impact of the worldwide recession fall on India. It is no mean achievement,” Mr. Kataria observed. Gujjar-Meena rowThe former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president ruled out any adverse impact of the Gujjar-Meena conflict on the prospects of the Congress in Rajasthan. “We have our own leaders from both the communities,” he said. Meena leader and Union Minister Namonarain Meena, pitted against Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla fighting on the BJP ticket for the Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha seat, would win with a good margin, the Congress Election Observer claimed.
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