Jaipur: It is as hot as a furnace in the desert state of Rajasthan but it did not deter independent MLA Baljeet Yadav from running non-stop for 12 hours in Jaipur on Friday to protest against the state government's policies on issues of exam paper leak, unemployment, and irregularities in the education system.
Yadav is supporting Ashok Gehlot's government but says he wants to highlight the plight of the youth. “I am an independent MLA and I have no say in the House; but, with this protest, I want to tell the government how much the youths in the state are suffering.”
The MLA started his run from the Central Park in Jaipur on a 5-km jogging track at 6 am and stopped only at 6 pm. The peak temperature in Jaipur was close to 38 degrees C on Thursday.
A senior Rajasthan minister, Mahesh Joshi, even sat on the tracks to dissuade Yadav from undertaking his gruelling sprint. Other MLAs, too, urged Yadav to change his mind, but to no avail. The government later arranged for an ambulance for his medical check-up.
