Rajasthan News: Naresh Meena, an independent candidate from Tonk district of Rajasthan, was arrested on Thursday. His supporters are enraged about this and are protesting. The supporters have started violence and arson, the situation has worsened. At the same time, the administration has called additional forces from Ajmer. Police have also arrested more than 60 supporters in this case. Let us tell you that a day before, i.e. during the by-election, independent candidate Naresh Meena had caught Malpura SDM Amit Chaudhary by his collar and slapped him. The ruckus continues since then.
According to media reports, SDM Amit Chaudhary was trying to motivate the local people to vote. In fact, the local people had boycotted the voting demanding inclusion of Samarvta village in Uniara tehsil instead of Deoli. At the same time, Naresh Meena was supporting the villagers. Around 60 two-wheelers and 18 four-wheelers were burnt in the violence that broke out outside the polling station.
Police personnel tried to remove Meena and his supporters who were sitting on a dharna in Samravata village of Deoli-Uniara assembly constituency. The incident led to tension in the area, with vehicles being set on fire, stones pelted at police and 60 people arrested.
Meanwhile, the Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) union called for a pen-down strike and government work was affected for some time in the morning. At the same time, the police registered four cases against the accused Meena including obstructing public work and damaging public property.
