Bharatpur viral video depicts condition in Congress-ruled states: BJP 

An incident of murder in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, where one brother intentionally ran over his tractor on another brother with whom he had a land dispute, has become a talking point when a clip of this incident went viral on social media. This has sparked an attack on the ruling Congress government from the BJP regarding the law and order situation in the state. BJP’s Sambit Patra criticised the Rajasthan government, saying, “The situation is the same in all Congress-ruled states. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra should visit Bharatpur and meet the family members of the deceased person before kickstarting her rally.” Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat also condemned this incident and wrote on X, “Such incidents have grown due to the criminal and chaotic mindset that has gained ground during Congress rule.”
Hitting back at these allegations, Rajasthan Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas said, “BJP is doing politics on such an incident, which is not tolerable. The investigation is going on in this matter”.
According to the police, there was some dispute over a passageway between two neighbours; this dispute was going on for a long time. A case was also filed by both parties against each other. On Wednesday, they came face-to-face on the land dispute. The family of Attar Singh reached the disputed land with a tractor, and Nirpat Singh laid on the ground to protest against them tilling the disputed land. One Damodar from the other side ran over his tractor several times, killing his brother Nirpat. On receiving this information, the police reached the spot and sent the body for a post-mortem. The main accused, Damodar, has been arrested in this case, said the police.
Land disputes are not new in this part of Rajasthan. A local Bharatpur resident said that land disputes are common in every household with more than one male member. These disputes are mostly catered to at village-level panchayats, but sometimes they become violent as both parties do not want to leave even a single inch of land. The main reason behind such land disputes is that the registered owner does not divide the land properly. He simply divides the land at the individual level, and they do not register this division of land at the tahsildar level. After the registered member of the land dies, this is the point where disputes are largely seen. It is not that after division disputes are solved, but sometimes the eldest member tries to bring a solution to this, which is largely agreed upon by both parties, but after he is gone, the disputes rise again.
A police officer who has overseen such cases said that these disputes are very small, but in order to dominate, one party always tries to show their power in the form of money or muscle power, and then, in order to counter that dominance, the other party also starts showing power, and a deadlock is reached in doing so, and since no talks are there, it ultimately leads to violence. Asked whether such cases are under the police’s watch, he said, “Yes, we also try to bring peace and settlement to both parties by initiating talks, or sometimes we put them under lockup if we see it becoming violent. A large number of such disputes are not reported to the police, but only when they become violent do the parties complain to us; otherwise, they do not file complaints generally.” The officer also said that these disputes arise either during the sowing of crops or during the harvest season.