Updated On: 12 March, 2023 07:55 AM IST | Jaipur | Agencies
BJP protesters claim Cong-led state govt turning back on widows of 2019 martyrs

Police personnel stop widows of soldiers who lost their lives in the 2019’s Pulwama terror attack during a protest in Jaipur on Thursday. Pic/ANI
Rajasthan Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore along with several other leaders and workers of the BJP, were detained by police on Saturday, during a massive protest in Jaipur. BJP leaders and workers were protesting against CM Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in the state over the matter of outcry by widows of jawans who lost their lives in the 2019 Pulwama terror attack.
Heavy police were deployed in Jaipur in view of the massive protest. The protesters raised slogans against CM Gehlot-led government in Rajasthan and accused it of insulting the widow of jawans killed in the Pulwama terror attack. Some of them could also be seen climbing up on barricades erected by the police to prevent untoward incidents.