Suraj Pal Amu, the Haryana BJP spokesperson and president of Karni Sena, made headlines on Thursday as he tendered his resignation from the BJP, citing disagreements over the selection of an election candidate in Gujarat.

Markets remained closed in Jaipur and some other districts of Rajasthan on Wednesday after a bandh call by the Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena to protest the killing of its chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi.