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Rajasthan panchayat and zila parishad polls; BJP leads, setback for Congress.

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Across 21 districts — out of the total 33 in Rajasthan — a total of 12,663 candidates are vying for 4,371 panchayat samiti posts. For Zila Parishad, a total of 1,778 candidates are competing for 636 posts. Ajmer, Banswara, Barmer, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Nagaur, Pali, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Sikar, Tonk and Udaipur went to polls.

Bucking the trend of the ruling party in a state also winning local elections, the BJP has outrun the Congress in the Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad election held in 21 districts of Rajasthan. Counting is still underway, with the BJP maintaining a strong lead.

As against the BJP’s 1,833 panchayat samiti members, the Congress has won 1,713, followed by Independents with 420. Likewise, in the zila parishad polls, the BJP has won 265, compared to the Congress’ 201.

Congratulating the party, BJP chief J P Nadda said the victory symbolized the trust the poor, farmers and laborer’s have in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership. In a tweet Wednesday, he thanked women, farmers and other rural voters in the Congress-ruled state for putting their “faith” in the BJP.

Until Tuesday afternoon, the Congress was in the lead, but by evening, the BJP raced ahead in both the panchayat samitis and zila parishads. State BJP president Satish Poonia said the party’s performance was “historic” and a “win of the rural development policies of the BJP and of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ideas for farmers”.

The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government was hoping to maintain its good run in the recent urban body elections — the party had gone on to form Boards in four of six municipal corporations, including Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota, where polls were held in October-November this year.

For the faction-ridden Rajasthan BJP, the results have come as a much-needed boost. Apart from battling internal bickering, the party has also been under attack from its lone ally in the state, the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP), over the farm laws.

The CPI(M) has won 16 panchayat samiti seats, mainly in Sikar, followed by the BSP in three. Two of CPI(M)’s candidates also won zila parishad seats in Hanumangarh.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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