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Rajasthan Assembly Row Over Cameras Fuels Protests as Anti-Conversion Bill Clears Voice Vote

Opposition leaders allege new cameras target their benches.

Overview

  • Congress MLAs escalated protests on Tuesday and Wednesday, wearing 'Jagga Jasoos' caps and charging the BJP government with spying on opposition benches.
  • The confrontation intensified after Speaker Vasudev Devnani refused Leader of Opposition Tika Ram Jully permission to ask a supplementary question on Khanpur, prompting MLAs to storm the well.
  • Government Chief Whip Jogeshwar Garg rejected the surveillance charge, arguing cameras in the House are for transparency and security, not privacy violations.
  • The Assembly passed an Anti-Conversion Bill by voice vote during the uproar, proposing life imprisonment for mass conversions through deception and seven to fourteen years for fraudulent conversions.
  • Congress also rallied over delays to Panchayati Raj and municipal elections and sought the release of footage from the newly installed cameras.