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Balmukund Acharya
Balmukund Acharya (born 1 January 1976) is an Indian politician currently serving as a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly representing the Hawa Mahal constituency, Jaipur. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Personal life He is Acharya of Hathoj Dham Jaipur the sect of Hinduism. He is married and has kids. Political career Following the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, he was elected as an MLA from the Hawa Mahal, Jaipur. Election results Controversies His statements and actions, perceived as promoting a Hindutva agenda, have generated significant controversy throughout his political tenure. Some of the controversies surrounding him are as follows:- Inflammatory Statements: * Hate Speech and Religious Intolerance: Acharya has been accused of making inflammatory statements promoting Hindu nationalism and inciting violence against minority communities. His comments on non-vegetarian food near religious sites and closure of meat stal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaipur
Jaipur (; , ) is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the List of cities and towns in Rajasthan, largest city of the north-western States and union territories of India, Indian state of Rajasthan. , the city had a population of 3.1 million, making it the List of cities in India by population, tenth most populous city in the country. Located from the national capital New Delhi, Jaipur is also known as the ''Pink City'' due to the dominant color scheme of its buildings in the old city. Jaipur was founded in 1727 by Sawai Jai Singh, Sawai Jai Singh II, the Kachhwaha, Kachhwaha Rajput ruler of Amer, India, Amer, after whom the city is named. It is one of the earliest planned cities of modern India, designed by Vidyadhar Bhattacharya. During the British Raj, British colonial period, the city served as the capital of Jaipur State. After Independence of India, Indian independence in 1947, Jaipur became the capital of the newly formed state of Rajas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, also known as the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha, is the unicameral legislature of the state of Rajasthan. It is a vital part of the state government, responsible for making and implementing laws. The assembly meets at Vidhan Bhavan situated in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. Members of the Legislative assembly are directly elected by the people for a term of 5 years. Presently, the legislative assembly consists of 200 members Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in .... Origin The formation of the House of People's Representatives in Rajasthan is significant in Indian Constitutional history since it was the result of the merging of 22 princely states of the former Rajputana with the Union of India. As per the provision of Article 168 of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahesh Joshi
Mahesh Joshi (born 14 September 1954) is an Indian politician from Rajasthan, affiliated with the Indian National Congress. He served as a Member of Parliament for Jaipur from 2009 to 2014, and as a Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly representing the Hawa Mahal Assembly constituency from 2018 to 2023. During the tenure of the Ashok Gehlot government (2018–2023), he served as the Minister of PHED and Ground Water and held the position of Chief Whip in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Early life and education Mahesh Joshi was born on 14 September 1954 in Jaipur, Rajasthan. He completed his Master of Arts (M.A.) in Sociology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), and Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism from the University of Rajasthan. Political career Joshi was first elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from the Kishanpole Assembly constituency in 1998. He later served as Member of Parliament for Jaipur from 2009 to 2014. In 2018, he was elected to the Rajasthan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawa Mahal Assembly Constituency
Hawa Mahal is one of the 200 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan state in India. It is in Jaipur district. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2023 Election result 2018 2013 See also *List of constituencies of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly *Jaipur district Jaipur District is a district in the state of Rajasthan in Northern India.the city of Jaipur, which is Rajasthan's capital and the largest city, is the district headquarters. It is the tenth most populous district in India (out of 640). Etymo ... References {{coord, 26.92, 75.83, display=title Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan Jaipur district Politics of Rajasthan Constituencies established in 1957 1957 establishments in Rajasthan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Since 2014, it has been the List of ruling political parties by country, ruling political party in India under the incumbent Prime Minister of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP is aligned with right-wing politics and has close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Far-right politics, far-right Paramilitary organization, paramilitary organisation. Its policies adhere to Hindutva, a Hindu nationalism, Hindu nationalist ideology. it is the country's biggest political party in terms of representation in the Parliament of India as well as State legislature (India), state legislatures. The party's origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951 by In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acharya
In Indian religions and society, an ''acharya'' (Sanskrit: आचार्य, IAST: ; Pali: ''ācariya'') is a religious teacher in Hinduism and Buddhism and a spiritual guide to Hindus and Buddhists. The designation has different meanings in Hinduism, Buddhism and secular contexts. ''Acharya'' is sometimes used to address an expert teacher or a scholar in any discipline, e.g.: Bhaskaracharya, the expert mathematician. Etymology The Sanskrit phrase ''ācāraṁ grahāyati ācāraṁ dadāti iti vā'' means ''Acharya'' (or teacher) is the one who teaches good conduct to one's students. A female teacher is called an ''achāryā,'' and a male teacher's wife is called an ''achāryāni'' In Hinduism The term '''Acharya''' has numerous definitions. Hinduism frequently uses the terms "''acharya''" and "''guru''" interchangeably. According to the Dharmaśāstra, Dharma Shastras, ''acharya'' is the one who imparts knowledge of the entire Vedas, Veda to a student and performs upan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Rajasthan on 2023 elections in India, 25 November 2023 to elect List of constituencies of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, 199 of the 200 members of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 3 December 2023. The election for the Karanpur Assembly constituency, Karanpur seat was adjourned following the death of Congress candidate Gurmeet Singh Kooner. The Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP wrested power by winning 115 seats, unseating the Indian National Congress from power and continuing the trend of governments changing every five years in the state. Bhajan Lal Sharma became the Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Background The tenure of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 14 January 2024. The 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, previous assembly elections were held in December 2018. After the election, Indian National Congress formed the Government of Rajasthan, state government, with Ashok Geh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindutva
Hindutva (; ) is a Far-right politics, far-right political ideology encompassing the cultural justification of Hindu nationalism and the belief in establishing Hindu hegemony within India. The political ideology was formulated by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1922. It is used by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), the current ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and other organisations, collectively called the Sangh Parivar. Inspired by Fascism in Europe, European fascism, the Hindutva movement has been variously described as a variant of right-wing extremism, as "almost fascist in the classical sense", adhering to a concept of homogenised majority and cultural hegemony and as a Separatism, separatist ideology. Some analysts dispute the identification of Hindutva with fascism and suggest that Hindutva is an extreme form of conservatism or ethno-nationalism. Proponents of Hindutva, particularly its early ideologues, have used political rhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hijab
Hijab (, ) refers to head coverings worn by Women in Islam, Muslim women. Similar to the mitpaḥat/tichel or Snood (headgear), snood worn by religious married Jewish women, certain Christian head covering, headcoverings worn by some Christian women, such as the hanging veil, apostolnik and Kapp (headcovering), kapp, and the dupatta favored by many Hindus, Hindu and Sikhs, Sikh women, the hijab comes in various forms. The term describes a scarf that is wrapped around the head, covering the hair, neck, and ears while leaving the face visible. The use of the hijab has grown globally since the 1970s, with many Muslims viewing it as a symbol of modesty and faith; it is also worn as a form of adornment. There is consensus among Islamic religious scholars that covering the head is required. In practice, most Muslim women choose to wear it. The term was originally used to denote a partition and was sometimes used for Haya (Islam), Islamic rules of modesty. In the verses of the Qur'an, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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People From Jaipur
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajasthan MLAs 2023–2028
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern side, where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert (also known as the Great Indian Desert) and shares a border with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab to the northwest and Sindh to the west, along the Sutlej-Indus River valley. It is bordered by five other Indian states: Punjab to the north; Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to the northeast; Madhya Pradesh to the southeast; and Gujarat to the southwest. Its geographical location is 23°3' to 30°12' North latitude and 69°30' to 78°17' East longitude, with the Tropic of Cancer passing through its southernmost tip. Its major features include the ruins of the Indus Valley civilisation at Kalibangan and Balathal, the Dilwara Temples, a Jain pilgrimage site at Rajasthan's only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
