Appointment of advisers’ catches Rajasthan Governor’s attention
The Hindu
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The appointment of six MLAs as advisers to the Chief Minister, shortly after carried out in Rajasthan earlier this week, has caught the attention of the Raj Bhavan. has sought a clarification on the issue from Chief Secretary Niranjan Arya.
Jitendra Singh, Rajkumar Sharma and Danish Abrar (Congress) and Babulal Nagar, Sanyam Lodha and Ramkesh Meena (Independents) were appointed advisers.
The Congress, which has 108 MLAs, enjoys the support of 12 of the 13 Independents who had extended support to the State Government after the rebellion staged by then Deputy CM Sachin Pilot and 18 MLAs in July 2020.
Hampi, the UNESCO-recognised historical site, was the capital of the Vijayanagara empire from 1336 to 1565. Foreign travellers from Persia, Europe and other parts of the world have chronicled the wealth of the place and the unique cultural mores of this kingdom built on the banks of the Tungabhadra river. There are fine descriptions to be found of its temples, farms, markets and trading links, remnants of which one can see in the ruins now. The Literature, architecture of this era continue inspire awe.
Unfurling the zine handed to us at the start of the walk, we use brightly-coloured markers to draw squiggly cables across the page, starting from a sepia-toned vintage photograph of the telegraph office. Iz, who goes by the pronouns they/them, explains, “This building is still standing, though it shut down in 2013,” they say, pointing out that telegraphy, which started in Bengaluru in 1854, was an instrument of colonial power and control. “The British colonised lands via telegraph cables, something known as the All Red Line.”