Jaipur, Dec. 30 -- From dramatic bypoll upsets to courtroom and street confrontations, 2025 was among the most turbulent years in Rajasthan's political landscape. The year opened with an unprecedented rebellion within the ruling BJP as Agriculture Minister Kirodi Lal Meena accused his own government of phone tapping, and closed amid fierce clashes between the BJP and Congress over voter roll revisions and the future of the Aravalli range. Between these episodes, the Congress staged a comeback in the Anta by-poll following the imprisonment of a BJP MLA. Old fault lines within the Congress resurfaced and softened simultaneously, while Assembly sessions were repeatedly paralysed by charges of surveillance, caste bias, and attacks on constitutional values. From the controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR) that saw more than 41 lakh names deleted from voter lists to a Centre-backed plan to redefine the Aravallis, Rajasthan's politics in 2025 was marked by slugfests shaping narratives and mobilising streets. On February 7, a video from Jaipur's Amagarh temple surfaced online showing Agriculture Minister Kirodi Lal Meena accusing his own BJP government of snooping on his phone for "raising serious issues of corruption" and demanding the cancellation of the SI-2021 recruitment exam. The allegations recalled the 2020 episode when then CM Ashok Gehlot faced charges of tapping Deputy CM Sachin Pilot's phones. The BJP issued Meena a notice seeking clarification, while Congress demanded a statement from CM Bhajan Lal Sharma. The party refrained from action after Meena said his remarks were based on "internal inputs." In a major embarrassment, BJP MLA Kanwar Lal Meena was sentenced by the Supreme Court on May 8 to three years in jail for threatening an officer and damaging public property in 2005. Despite appeals and a mercy plea to Governor Haribhau Bagade, Meena surrendered on May 22, triggering a by-election in Jhalawar's Anta constituency on 11 November. The BJP fielded local leader Morpal Suman at former CM Vasundhara Raje's suggestion, while Congress backed veteran Pramod Jain Bhaya, who had lost to Meena in 2023. Bhaya returned with a decisive win of 15,612 votes, giving the Congress a boost. On July 11, former CM Ashok Gehlot said he was "never distanced" from Sachin Pilot, who led a revolt against him in 2020 involving 18 Congress MLAs. The crisis had ended with Pilot's removal as deputy CM and state party chief. Gehlot's attendance at a memorial for Pilot's father, the late Rajesh Pilot, signalled rapprochement, though analysts doubted whether it was a genuine truce or just optics to mend electoral damage. The assembly's Monsoon Session ended on September 10 amid uproar and walkouts as Congress MLAs accused the government of "spying" by installing extra cameras inside the House. Speaker Vasudev Devnani clarified the cameras recorded video only, but Congress MLAs boycotted the Question Hour. Former CM Gehlot sought an inquiry. On April 8, BJP leader Gyan Dev Ahuja provoked outrage by "purifying" a Ram temple in Alwar's Ramgarh with Ganga water after Congress Leader of Opposition Tikaram Jully, a Dalit, attended its consecration. A video showed Ahuja sprinkling Gangajal on the premises. Defending his act, Ahuja said the temple needed cleansing as "some impure people" had entered. Jully called it "a reflection of the BJP's mentality" and vowed to campaign against untouchability. Ahuja had earlier courted controversy in 2016 over remarks on Jawaharlal Nehru University. Under the Special Intensive Revision, 4,184,819 names were removed from Rajasthan's voter rolls - 875,398 deceased, 2,480,417 shifted, 457,502 absent, 344,089 duplicates and 27,485 for other reasons. Another 8.29 lakh individuals must now prove eligibility due to missing ancestral records. Congress termed the deletions a "BJP conspiracy", which the ruling party dismissed as "baseless". The Union environment ministry's recent 100-metre elevation cut-off for defining the Aravalli range triggered protests and political backlash. Activists warned it would open fragile tracts to illegal mining. The Congress accused the BJP of "selling out" Rajasthan's ecological shield, while BJP leaders cited a similar 2003 directive by then CM Gehlot, rejected by the Supreme Court in 2010. Ironically, the court accepted the BJP government's fresh proposal on November 20....