Police used mild force to disperse the supporters of two tribal groups, which clashed and threw stones at each other, during a Bhim assembly in Jhalawar district of Rajasthan on Sunday.
In a first of kind action in Rajasthan, the Anti Corruption Bureau of the state has trapped a sitting MLA, Jai Krishna Patel (BAP) from Bagidora constituency of Banswara, for taking bribe "for dropping an assembly question about a mining lease Karauli -Toda Bhim area".
With counting of more than 75 per cent votes done for the November 13 bypolls to seven assembly constituencies in Rajasthan, the Bharatiya Adivasi Party (BAP) maintained its convincing lead in Chorasi (ST) and Salumbar (ST) seats on Saturday.
Facing the annoyance and protest by Opposition MLAs including that of Bharat Adiwasi Party (BAP) for not allowing him to speak in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In a post on X, the BAP party said: "Madan Dilawar, the Education Minister in the Rajasthan government, has been making controversial statements. His recent statement about the tribal community is that those who do not consider themselves Hindus should get their DNA test done."
Subhash Tambolia, who left the Congress and joined the saffron party, is now in a triangular contest with BAP's Patel, and Congress' Kapoor.
Bahujan Azad Party (BAP), a party founded by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) alumni in 2017, announced on Wednesday its intention of contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from nine states.
