Rajasthan BJP chief Ashok Parnami reached Kota today to probe into the scuffle of party MLA Chandra Kanta Meghwal and her supporters with police early this week here.
Parnami reached Kota along with sate Agricultural Minister Prabhu Lal Saini, the minister-in-charge of the district's political affairs and met the party MLAs and workers in a bid to ascertain facts about the row that embarrassed government.
The two leaders reached Kota on instructions of Chief Minister Vasundhra Raj Scindia and is to apprise her of their findings after reaching Jaipur. The issue of brawal involving BJP MLA had also been raised in the state assembly early this week.
Terming the brawl between party MLA, workers and police personnel including the circle inspector and deputy superintendent of police of Kota's Mahaveernagar police station area as 'unfortunate,' Parnami assured the party workers of justice.
"We have been pained by the incident. Once the probe into the matter is over, stern action would be taken against whoever is found guilty," he said.
All the party MLAs from Kota district and district party president, besides the party workers involved in the incident at police station were present in the meeting.
Parnami and Saini later also met senior police officials of the district and sought feedback on the incident while trying to assessing factual situation to report to the CM.
Parnami also visited Kota medical college hospital and spoke to the party workers undergoing medical treatment for the injuries sustained in the brawl with police.
Meanwhile, amid the state's senior leaders' bid to find out the facts behind the incident, BJP's another MLA Bhawani Singh Rajawat courted controversy saying he would have "pulled off the hand and neck of the the police official" who attacked the party workers, had he been present.
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