Jodhpur: As many as 97 individuals have been arrested thus far in reference to communal clashes over hoisting of a flag earlier than Eid in Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s constituency Jodhpur the place curfew continued in 10 police station areas for the second consecutive day on Wednesday.

The scenario is below management and no contemporary incident of violence has been reported, police stated.

Nearly 1000 policemen have been deployed to take care of legislation and order.

The Jodhpur deputy commissioner of police had issued orders imposing a curfew in addition to suspending cell web companies.

Gehlot, who on Tuesday appealed to the individuals to take care of peace and concord, has despatched two ministers Rajendra Yadav and Subhash Garg, ACS dwelling Abhay Kumar and ADG Law and Order Hawa Singh Ghumaria to Jodhpur.

Tensions broke out previous Monday midnight over placing up of Islamic flags on the Jalori gate circle right here, which led to stone pelting through which 5 policemen had been injured.

The scenario was introduced below management within the early hours on Tuesday with heavy deployment of police however tensions escalated once more within the morning after prayers at an Eidgah.

Shops, autos and homes had been pelted with stones close to the Jalori gate space.

Members of a minority neighborhood had been putting in Eid flags and so they put up a flag on a roundabout alongside the statue of freedom fighter Balmukund Bissa. This led to a confrontation as members belonging to a different neighborhood alleged {that a} saffron flag, which they’d put up there forward of Parshuram Jayanti, had gone lacking.

The challenge led to stone pelting and clashes, officers stated.

Police needed to lob tear gasoline shells to disperse the mob.

The clashes triggered a confrontation between Gehlot and the BJP.

Talking to information channels, Gehlot had charged that it was the agenda of the BJP to defame him.

“It is their job to incite Hindu-Muslim riots. How lengthy are you able to do politics within the title of polarisation? This nation belongs to all religions, all castes and PM Narendra Modi and central authorities even have to know this,” he stated.

The BJP, on its half, focused the state authorities over legislation and order.

Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat claimed that police are working below strain.

Shekhawat threatened that he, together with different celebration leaders, will sit on a dharna on the Jalori gate circle if the rioters should not arrested.

“One man was stabbed and is struggling for life in hospital. The miscreants also insulted women and broke the leg of a minor girl. They also tried to damage a temple in the Sunaro Ka Baas area,” he alleged.

BJP state president Satish Poonia stated, “Putting up an Islamic flag on the statue of freedom fighter Balmukund Bissa by anti-social elements and removing saffron flags put up on Parshuram Jayanti is condemnable.”

He appealed to the individuals to take care of peace and demanded that the state authorities set up the “rule of law”.

“A saffron flag was replaced with an Islamic flag at the statue of Bissaji last night and sabotage happened. It is proven from the incident of Karauli that such incidents are happening under the patronage of the state government,” Poonia stated in a video assertion.

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