The streets exterior the Udaipur Palace appeared abandoned right now after a royal household feud led to clashes final evening over BJP MLA and the brand new Maharana of Mewar Vishvraj Singh Mewar being denied entry into the palace.
Vishvraj Singh, the BJP MLA from Rajsamand, had gone to supply prayers at temples managed by a belief run by his cousin Dr Lakshay Raj Singh and uncle Shreeji Arvind Singh Mewar. Denied entry into the town palace, the place one of many temples is positioned, his supporters received offended and stone-pelting ensued.
The administration has now taken over the street that results in the temple to permit Mr Singh to go to the temple with three-tier safety.
“The district administration has moved to take the disputed website of Dhuni Mata Temple into receivership. If both of the 2 teams desires to register a case, it is going to be registered,” stated District Collector Arvind Kumar Poswal.
Visuals from Udaipur this morning confirmed police barricades on empty streets adjoining to the palace. The street connecting the Janana Mahal and the Dhuni Mata temple has been sealed by the authorities.
Vishvraj Singh was just lately anointed because the 77th Maharana of Mewar at a conventional coronation ceremony within the historic Chittorgarh Fort after the demise of his father Mahendra Singh Mewar. After his symbolic coronation, he determined to hunt blessings from his household deity, Dhuni Mata, whose temple is positioned contained in the palace, and the Ekling Shiv temple about 50 km from Udaipur.
Since each temples are managed by the Shree Eklingji Belief, run by Arvind Singh Mewar, the administration had requested the Belief to permit a couple of erstwhile nobles contained in the palace to go to the temple. They’d additionally erected barricades, sensing that the scenario may flip violent.
After Mr Singh was denied entry, his supporters received offended and tried to interrupt the barricades and gate near the gates. Stones have been thrown from each side because the scenario escalated and at the very least three individuals have been injured within the clashes.
The Maharana referred to as the incident “unlucky” and instructed reporters that disputes over properties mustn’t hinder traditions.
Mr Singh stood together with his supporters for hours and left late at evening after requests from the administration. He instructed his supporters that the administration would take motion within the morning and so they have assured him of darshan. Calling for a peaceable protest, the titular Maharana appealed to his supporters to not take the legislation into their very own arms and to return the subsequent morning.