Rajasthan: Police arrest seven people for attacking BSP cadres

Seven persons have been arrested for blackening the faces of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national coordinator Ramji Gautam and its former State in-charge Sitaram for their alleged involvement in anti-party activities, police said on Wednesday, October 23.  Zulfikar Ali, SHO Sindhi Camp said, "We have arrested seven persons in the matter. During the investigation, violation of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was found. Thus, the accused will be accordingly charged in the case".

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Blame game between politicians

On Tuesday, October 22, two Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leaders were garlanded with shoes, faces blackened and paraded outside the party office In Rajasthan for alleged corruption in ticket allocation. BSP chief Mayawati took to Twitter and blamed the Congress for indulging in such activities. She said, "The Congress party first broke the BSP MLAs in Rajasthan and is now attacking senior people there to hurt the movement, which is very shameful. Congress is nurturing a very wrong tradition against the Ambedkarite movement, to which people can give a titular answer. Therefore, the Congress Party should desist from such disgusting antics".

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The video that shows the BSP and the alleged Congress leaders’ brawl has been shot in Rajasthan where the Congress party cadre is seen forcing BSP workers to sit on the two donkeys. Additionally, the alleged Congress cadre has also blackened the faces of the two BSP workers. While the BSP members are seen resisting the act, a group of people allegedly identified as Congress workers forcefully pick them up and make them sit on the donkey. After the BSP workers are mounted on the donkey, the animal is also forcefully made to parade for a distance. The incident takes place a few weeks after all six MLAs of the BSP in the Rajasthan State Assembly moved to the INC.

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(with inputs from ANI)