At least three individuals had been injured following a violent conflict that broke out in Udaipur on Monday night after BJP MLA Vishvaraj Singh and his supporters had been denied entry into City Palace, which is managed by his cousin and uncle Shreeji Arvind Singh Mewar. The state of affairs outdoors the palace was tense with a heavy deployment of police to stop any untoward incident. Stones had been reportedly pelted from contained in the palace.
It must be famous that Vishvaraj Singh was anointed as the pinnacle of the erstwhile royal household in Chittorgarh fort on Monday morning, following the demise of his father Mahendra Singh Mewar earlier this month.
However, a cloud of a feud between Mahendra Singh Mewar and his estranged youthful brother Arvind Singh Mewar — who’re descendants of Rajput king Maharana Pratap — hung over the event.
Vishvaraj Singh’s uncle Arvind Singh issued a public discover towards the newly annointed royal household head’s deliberate go to to the Eklingnath temple of the household deity and the City Palace in Udaipur as a part of rituals of the royal ceremony.
Both the temple and the palace are beneath the management of Arvind Singh who’s the chairman and managing trustee of Shree Eklingji Trust in Udaipur. Policemen had been deployed outdoors the gates of the City Palace to keep up legislation and order after Arvind Singh’s notices had been issued within the morning.
His notices printed in native newspapers warned of authorized motion for trespass or injury to the property. After the ceremony in Chittorgarh fort, Vishvaraj Singh and his supporters reached Udaipur within the night to go to the City Palace and the Eklingnathji temple however they might not enter resulting from heavy police deployment.
Vishvaraj Singh’s supporters tried to cross the barricading however the police stopped them. Senior police officers, Udaipur collector Arvind Poswal and SP Yogesh Goyal spoke to Vishvaraj Singh and his supporters and tried to resolve the problem.
They additionally spoke to Arvind Singh’s son however the talks remained inconclusive. Given the tense state of affairs, police have despatched a report back to the extra district Justice of the Peace to nominate a receiver for the realm within the City Palace from Bali Pol to Dhuni.
Vishvaraj Singh had deliberate to go to Dhuni for a darshan after his anointment. After being denied entry, the Nathdwara MLA went to Jagdish Chowk together with his supporters, barely a couple of metres away from the City Palace.
(With Inputs From Agencies)
