In Rajasthan's Rajsamand Lok Sabha seat, BJP faces a strange situation. For the South Rajasthan seat, the woman candidate who had almost decided to contest is facing opposition from the local Mewar Rajputs. The reason for this protest is that they belong to the Royal Rajput family of Jaipur. Princess Diya Kumari's troubles in getting BJP ticket from Rajsamand have now increased.
The BJP may have to face the problem to bring Princess Diya Kumari to the ground in the former Raj Bhavan of Jaipur because it could make angry Mewar voters angry. This will show the centuries-old friendship of Akbar and King Mansingh of Jaipur. Raising the Akbar-Mansingh dispute, supporters of the Rawat community had already lodged a protest against the party high command.
In the ongoing reports in the local Rajasthan media, it has been claimed that a local Rajput body from the Mewar Kshatriya Mahasabha has appealed to the BJP along with some political groups to reconsider Rajasamand in the name of Diya Kumari. It is being said that both the Mewar royal family and former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje are opposed to their candidature.
One of the reasons for BJP's decision to fight former Sawai Madhopur MLA Dia Kumari with Rajsamand is that this Lok Sabha seat is a Rajput dominated constituency. One case is that of Hariom Singh Rathore of BJP, who won from here on the BJP ticket in 2014, and Congress's Gopal Singh who won the seat in 2009.
Diya Kumari is at least a popular Rajput in her Jaipur region. She is the daughter of Sawai Bhavani Singh, the then Maharaja of Jaipur.
Where the BJP is busy in finalizing its candidate in Rajsamand, Congress has made Devkandan Gurjar, 73, a Gujjars candidate from the seat. It may be the reason Congress can compensate for the lack of Gujjar candidates in other seats.
