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Khachariawas accused the BJP of snatching food from people due to high inflation. (Representational image/PTI)
A series of blasts on May 13, 2008, killed 71 people and left 180 injured in Jaipur. Bombs went off one after another at Manak Chawk Khanda, Chandpole Gate, Badi Chaupad, Chhoti Chaupad, Tripolia Gate, Johri Bazar and Sanganeri Gate.
Holding the Congress government in Rajasthan responsible for the acquittal of the accused in the Jaipur serial blasts, the BJP on Saturday staged sit-ins in parts of the city and recited the Hanuman Chalisa on the 15th anniversary of the blasts.
A series of blasts on May 13, 2008, killed 71 people and left 180 injured in Jaipur. Bombs went off one after another at Manak Chawk Khanda, Chandpole Gate, Badi Chaupad, Chhoti Chaupad, Tripolia Gate, Johri Bazar and Sanganeri Gate.
The Rajasthan High Court in March this year acquitted four accused, who were sentenced to death by a trial court in 2019, on the grounds of shoddy investigation. The fifth accused was acquitted by the trial court in 2019.
“The accused were acquitted due to weak prosecution. Those who should have been given death penalty were acquitted due to poor investigation and poor prosecution by the Congress government. BJP stands with the families of the victims,” state BJP president CP Joshi said at a dharna in Hawa Mahal area.
Another party leader said the BJP has filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court on behalf of two family members of the blast victims against the Rajasthan High Court verdict.
Rajasthan’s Food and Civil Supplies Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas termed the dharnas as a ‘drama’ and said even after 15 years of the blasts, BJP leaders were shedding ‘crocodile tears’.
He said that the BJP had to face a humiliating defeat in the elections. Karnataka Because she wanted to win the election with Congress in the name of Bajrang Bali.
Congress is the true ‘bhakt’ (devotee) of Bajrang Bali. BJP wanted to win Karnataka elections in the name of Bajrang Bali, but wherever they recited Hanuman Chalisa, Congress candidates won.
Khachariawas accused the BJP of snatching food from people due to high inflation.
“Their intentions are not good and hence they are losing public support,” he alleged.
In December 2019, a trial court awarded death sentence to Mohd Sarwar Azmi, Mohd Saif, Mohd Salman and Saifur Rehman. It acquitted Shahbaz Hussain by giving him the benefit of doubt.
The four death row convicts challenged the trial court’s order in the Rajasthan High Court and a division bench acquitted them on March 29. It also upheld the acquittal of Shahbaz Hussain.
The court termed the case as a classic example of institutional failure resulting in erroneous/flown/shoddy investigation.
Recently, the state government had also filed an SLP in the Supreme Court.
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