A video of women of Sanganer in Jaipur district refusing to allow the entry of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in their locality, surfaced on December 1. The women were reportedly protesting against Ashok Lahoti — the former mayor for Jaipur district — who is the BJP candidate contesting upcoming assembly elections from Sanganer.
The 40-second video doing the rounds on Twitter showed women holding sticks and preventing BJP workers from entering the locale. Even as the BJP workers try to appease the women, none of them budge.
“बीजेपी वालों वापस जाओ”
“जयपुर के सांगानेर इलाके में BJP कार्यकर्ताओं को स्थानीय महिलाओं ने लाठियां लेकर अपने इलाके में आने से रोका,
महिलाओं का कहना है की बीजेपी के मेयर अशोक लाहोटी चुनाव लड़ रहे हैं जिन्होंने बतौर मेयर कुछ काम नहीं किया” pic.twitter.com/4oyc8I77Yy
— Shalu (@Shalupcrf) December 2, 2018
A person, shooting the video, can be heard in the background saying, “They are not allowing the BJP workers to enter the centre. There is a lot of anger among the people.”
Reportedly, the women are upset at Lahoti’s nomination from the constituency. According to them, he did not fulfil his mayoral duties while in office.
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