An alleged attack on Congress MLA from Sawai Madhopur, Danish Abrar, who has been fielded as candidate from the same seat for the Rajasthan Assembly election, has taken a political twist. BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena, pitted against Mr. Abrar, has accused him of orchestrating the attack with his own men.
A group of people with black flags raised slogans and allegedly stoned Mr. Abrar’s car at Malarna Chaud bypass on Monday night when he was returning from Jaipur to Sawai Madhopur with his mother and family. The car’s windshield and window panes were damaged and some of Mr. Abrar’s supporters travelling in another car were allegedly beaten.
Mr. Abrar was given a ticket in the Congress’s first list of 33 candidates, announced on October 21, despite stiff opposition from the dominant Gujjar community in the region. Gujjars are indignant over his “unprincipled shift” from the Sachin Pilot camp to the Ashok Gehlot camp during the political crisis in 2020.
