Overview
- Footage from Kareda Buzurg in Tonk shows Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria asking women their names, refusing blankets on hearing Muslim names and telling aides to take back those already given.
- The event was held on a temple premises on Sunday while the former MP was inviting locals for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned Ajmer visit on February 28, according to multiple reports.
- Congress leaders including Harish Chandra Meena, Tikaram Jully and Sachin Pilot condemned the conduct, as Youth Congress workers returned at night to distribute blankets to affected women.
- Jaunapuria defended the exclusions by saying the drive used private funds and asserting discretion over beneficiaries, later claiming people of a particular religion were anti-Modi.
- BJP MLA Balmukund Acharya publicly backed Jaunapuria’s stance, while news outlets reported the party had not issued an official response by Monday.