Congress manage to end Sarpanch Stir in Rajasthan

The Ashok Gehlot-government successfully defused the law and order crisis that emerged in the state after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seized the reigns of the sarpanches' demonstration and threatened to lead them to the state assembly on Friday. Taking the Opposition by surprise, the government arrested four legislators Rajendra Rathore and Om Birla of BJP, Amra Ram and Pawan Duggal of CPM and independent MP Kirori Lal Meena, while forcefully transporting the protesting sarpanches out of the city early on Friday. With 200 protesters arrested and the remaining shunted out, the BJP's plan to hold a protest rally was foiled. The demonstration could have turned violent as it was against the administration's prohibitory orders against public gathering around the assembly.
Even as the BJP accused the government of being insensitive, undemocratic and autocratic, Gehlot took credit for having tactfully avoided any violent situation. Addressing the media at his residence in the evening, the chief minister said, "I am satisfied that the BJP and its leaders who tried to seize an issue that was not theirs were completely exposed. The day passed of peacefully, otherwise there would have been unnecessary violence for which the BJP had conspired." He even had a piece of advice for the opposition. "I appeal to the BJP and CPM leaders to work only according to their parties' ideologies, instead of involving in violence and creating trouble," Gehlot said. The arrested MLAs Rajendra Rathore and Om Birla of BJP and Amra Ram and Pawan Duggal of CPI-Mwere released in the late afternoon, along with Dausa MP Kirori Lal Meena.