A first information report (FIR) has been registered against Union Jal Shakti Minister and Jodhpur MP Gajendra Singh Shekhawat at Sirohi in Rajasthan for “false and misleading remarks” amounting to hate speech during the BJP’s Parivartan Yatra at Ramjharokha ground in the city earlier this week. The yatras launched from four points in the State are at present passing through different regions.
Mr. Shekhawat spoke about the alleged attacks on a Ram Navami procession during a speech as part of the yatra on September 11. The Minister allegedly said that the Ram Navami procession in Sirohi came under attack and faced stone-pelting, petrol bombs and assaults on participants, including women and that shops were burnt during the violence
