As Rajasthan braces itself for the approaching Assembly polls, two BJP leaders were seeing fighting in the presence of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje during an event in Alwar on 22 September, ANI reported.
In a video posted by the ANI, the two BJP MLAs – Rohitash Sharma and Devi Singh Shekhawat – were seeing grappling with each other on the stage as others try to break up the fight.
The scuffle came to a halt after the intervention of Raje's security personnel who dragged Shekhawat off the stage.
WHAT HAPPENED
According to NDTV, an argument broke between the two MLAs while Raje was delivering her speech in Alwar.
As the argument got heated up, both Sharma and Shekhawat entered into a scuffle on stage. Both the leaders have accused each other of misbehaviour.
WHY IT MATTERS
This isn't the first string of controversies faced by the Raje government in Rajasthan before the approaching state Assembly polls.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) founding member Jaswant Singh’s son Manvendra Singh quit the party on Saturday, 22 September, at a Swabhiman rally in Rajasthan’s Barmer.
The Gaurav Yatra, held by the ruling party to showcase its achievements in the run-up to the elections, has also been the subject of much controversy lately. The yatra flagged off by Amit Shah on 4 August from Charbhuja Temple in Rajsamand district was to cover at least 165 constituencies across the state before finally concluding on 30 September in Pushkar near Ajmer.
However, the Opposition Congress had alleged that the BJP is misusing government machinery to ensure the yatra's success, and demanded the suspension of the yatra, IANS reported.
The Rajasthan High Court on 5 September directed the BJP to keep it free from government programmes. The high court also said that various programmes which were being organised in the name of the state government during the yatra should be stopped.
(With inputs from NDTV)
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