Tag: Pulwama widows

The Rajasthan BJP staged a large-scale protest against the Congress government in the state over a "insult" to the widows of the Pulwama dead, and police detained party members in Jaipur. When the party organised a sizable demonstration against the state's Congress-led administration, led by CM Ashok Gehlot, alleging a "insult" to the widows of soldiers killed in the 2019 Pulwama terrorist attack, police detained Rajasthan BJP members in Jaipur on Saturday. Rajendra Rathore, the deputy leader of the opposition in Rajasthan, was held by police in Jaipur along with several other BJP members and leaders. Rathor remarked after being imprisoned, "We have initiated the protest today and we will continue it. The kind of behaviour the state govt is showcasing is an insult to democracy, we w