Jodhpur communal clashes: While speaking to ANI, Gehlot said that BJP is the party that benefits from riots and is instigating them. Hindutva is their agenda.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Politburo Member Brinda Karat slammed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh- Bharatiya Janata Party (RSS- BJP) without taking its name after the Jodhpur Communal Clashes and said that religious festivals have become a weapon for communal politics.
Five police officers were injured on Monday as Hindus and Muslims hurled stones at each other over hoisting of a religious flag in the city’s Jalori Gate area.
Communal tensions gripped Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's hometown Jodhpur hours before Eid on Tuesday, prompting the authorities to suspend mobile internet services and impose a curfew in 10 police stations areas of the city.