Revelations about Santiago Martin’s huge donations to political parties through electoral bonds might revive an ethical debate on lottery. Parliament has debated the matter for 50 years. Will his beneficiaries, opposed to the BJP, end up as his liabilities?
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Rajasthan is a unique state in several ways. It has produced both landslide victories and hung Houses, and four Chief Ministers have ruled the state for more than 50 years among themselves. Its political history for the last quarter century has been dominated by Ashok Gehlot and Vasundhara Raje
It is a high-stake election for both leaders to settle old scores. For Maderna, it is a chance to take revenge from BJP s Bhairaram Siyol for her mother s defeat in 2013 assembly polls from Osian. Whereas, for BJP s Mirdha in Nagaur, it is to settle a four-decade old score when her grandfather Nathuram Mirdha was defeated by Congress rival Harendra Mirdha s father Ram Niwas Mirdha in 1984 general elections.