Infighting further intensified in the Rajasthan BJP after a group of party workers staged a dharna at the party office in Jaipur demanding action against former minister Nand Lal Meena for his alleged

A surgery performed on 11-year-old Sikar gangrape victim failed due to infection and the doctors said one more operation will be needed after a week.

The 11-year-old gangrape victim in Sikar again underwent a major operation on Saturday at J.K. Lone Hospital in Jaipur. This was the fifth time she was operated upon which was followed by reconstructive surgeries. “A team of expert doctors conducted the operation successfully and her condition is improving,” says Dr S.D. Sharma, superintendent of the hospital.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has asked the people to teach a lesson to both the ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP in the upcoming Assembly elections, while declaring his support to the campaign launched by anti-reservation employees. His remarks triggered a polarisation on caste lines in Rajasthan. The SC/ST Arakshan Manch was quick to burn his effigy and waved black flags.

Factionalism in the Opposition BJP came to the fore when all the six party MLAs skipped the workers’ meet in Bharatpur on Friday, which state BJP president Arun Chaturvedi and deputy leader of the Opp

Even though people are protesting against rape and crime against women, they are not even safe within their own families. The police in Jaipur has arrested a person for allegedly raping his 13-year-old daughter.

Even though the incident occurred five months ago, but whenever the 11-year-old girl recounts her ordeal of rape and captivity, she starts crying on the hospital bed in Jaipur. Her sister says she cries at night out of fear and trauma.

Though last time he was forced to call off his rathyatra when state Leader of the Opposition Vasundhara Raje opposed it, this time senior BJP leader and former home minister Gulab Chand Kataria kicked off his yatra from Gogunda under Udaipur district.

The party’s victory in the neighbouring state of Gujarat has infused enthusiasm in the BJP’s rank and file in Rajasthan, even if the fight for supremacy among the saffron leaders intensified.

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