Rajasthan tense
Participants in the procession retaliated, and stone pelting and arson issued. The situation was brought under control half an hour later when Rajasthan armed constabulary arrived.
Several civilians and policemen were injured and shops were set on fire while four buses and a dozen two-wheelers were gutted, the eyewitness, who did not want to be identified, told HT. “There was panic and shopkeepers downed the shutters,” he said.
NRK Reddy, ADG law and order, claimed that as per initial reports, only one bus and one bike had been burnt. Some shops too had been set on fire, he said.
On March 25, a Ram Navami procession came under stone pelting in Bundi while passing through a minority dominated area. The next day Hindu outfits organised a bandh in the town, demanding arrest of the accused. Police arrested 15 persons from both communities for stone pelting and organising protests.
In Tonk, unidentified miscreants pelted stones at a procession being taken out on the occasion of the Hindu new year on March 18. Eleven persons including three policemen were injured. Six persons from both communities were arrested for the violence. nation, one election’ as suggested by PM Modi. There is a feeling that the Sangh karyakartas (volunteers) should inform people about the merits of having elections in one go and allowing the government to function without the hindrance of frequent polls that are preceded by the implementation of the model code of conduct,” the functionary said.
While the BJP has been euphoric about state electoral triumphs, the RSS is apprehensive about its recent reverses in by-elections in states that it is already governing. Another RSS functionary, who also requested anonymity said the by-election results in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, the loss the party faced in Punjab, the dip in its numbers in Gujarat — the home state of Modi and BJP president Amit Shah — have been perceived as “warning signs”. The BJP lost all the Lok Sabha seats in the recently held by-polls in UP and Bihar; two seats in Rajasthan and two assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh.
“The Sangh brass has hinted at the need to change the party’s leadership at the state level in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh; there are apprehensions about the administration of states such as Haryana and Uttarakhand,” the second functionary said.
April’s meeting also iterates that the RSS will buttress the BJP’s election campaign, ending speculation that the Sangh is not on the same page as the party. a Gmail account from which an email was sent to CBSE chairperson Anita Karwal alerting her about the mathematics paper leak a day before the exam.
In Delhi, joint commissioner of police (crime), Alok Kumar, who is supervising the SIT probe, said the questionings were leading them from one person to another, with the chain running into thousands.
A police officer privy to the probe said the investigation has now widened beyond Delhi and NCR and teams are likely to be sent to other states, including Jharkhand.
A group of students turned up at the CBSE office in Preet Vihar, demanding cancellation of the Economics re-test. Alleging that more papers had been leaked, they demanded that either there be a retest for all subjects or none.