HomeNewsOpinionOPINION | Rajasthan’s ‘Shaurya Diwas’ rollback and the politics of polarisation

OPINION | Rajasthan’s ‘Shaurya Diwas’ rollback and the politics of polarisation

Opposition in the political arena and from civil society made the state government withdraw the order to schools to celebrate December 6, a day that evokes diametrically opposite reactions. It’s a sign of the changing nature of the BJP in the post-Vasundhara Raje era 

Rajan Mahan
December 08, 2025 / 16:36 IST
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Madan Dilawar, Rajasthan's education minister
Testing the waters with 'Shaurya Diwas'
Rajan Mahan is a journalist who headed NDTV and Star News in Rajasthan. He was also a Professor of Journalism at the University of Rajasthan in Jaipur. Views are personal and do not represent the stand of this publication.
first published: Dec 8, 2025 04:32 pm

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