Karni Sena leader quits, Congress worker files complaint amid row over Rupala’s remarks
A Congress worker has filed a police complaint in Junagadh alleging that Rupala insulted Dalits by his utterances at a meeting of Kshatriya community members.
Rupala also faces a defamation case after a complaint was filed on Thursday by Congress leader Adityasinh Gohil in a magisterial court in Rajkot. (X/@PRupala) Even as Union Minister and the BJP’s Rajkot Lok Sabha candidate Parshottam Rupala has apologised twice for his recent remarks on Kshatriyas amid a simmering controversy, Raj Shekhawat — a community leader in Gujarat — on Saturday resigned from the ruling party in protest.
Shekhawat is the national president of a faction of the Karni Sena, an outfit of the Rajput or Kshatriya community. However, the Gujarat unit of the BJP has responded coldly to the resignation, saying he was “not a registered member” of the party.
While the BJP tackles protests over the Kshatriya remark row, a Congress worker has now filed a police complaint in Junagadh alleging that Rupala insulted Dalits by his utterances at a meeting of Kshatriya community members on Friday in Rajkot’s Gondal.
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