Nuh (Haryana) [India], August 28 (ANI): Claiming that he was stopped briefly by Haryana Police from getting into Nuh, the place a curfew is at the moment in drive, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) president Alok Kumar on Monday stated he had no clue why he was barred from attending the Braj Mandal Shobha Yatra within the district.
Claiming a failure of the native administration, the VHP president stated he had by no means seen such ‘mismanagement’ by the police in his complete life.
“I do not know whether I will reach (Nuh) on time. First, they stopped me then they let me through. I sensed a clear failure of the local administration,” the VHP chief stated.
Amid fears of recent violence after the VHP introduced the Yatra, the district administration enforced prohibitory orders beneath Section 144, urging locals in Nuh to remain indoors. Roads have been barricaded with entry restricted and outsiders have been barred entry to the district, which noticed clashes final month.
The VHP gave a name for ‘Braj Mandal Shobha Yatra’ within the district on Monday, regardless of authorities denying permission for the procession.
Kumar in the meantime, asserted that the Yatra shall be taken out as deliberate and he’ll carry out the Jalabhishek on Monday.
“I didn’t understand what was happening. Some (police personnel) let me pass at checkpoints while others stopped me, wasting my time. Where’s the sense in stopping me here,” the VHP leaders advised reporters right here (in Nuh). We have not been in a position to open a direct line of communication with the administration but. Police personnel at each checkpoint appear to be implementing their very own guidelines,” he added. Earlier on Monday, whereas on his option to Nuh, Kumar stated the Yatra wouldn’t be cancelled beneath any circumstances.
“However, the number of people joining the procession may be reduced,” he stated. Responding to the heavy police presence within the district on Monday, the VHP president stated had the safety deployment in Nuh been wherever near this final month, the violence on July 31 wouldn’t have occurred.
He stated he had no clue why the administration was denying permission for a peaceable procession. “I wonder why unarmed civilians, including women, elderly and children, are being told not to take out the Yatra,” the VHP chief stated. “We know that there is G20 summit happening shortly and it is a sensitive area. We have decided not to create any hindrances for the administration, and have, hence, reduced the number of people joining the Yatra,” he stated, including that the procession is not going to be referred to as off.
Meanwhile, Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya, a Hindu seer from Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, sat on an indefinite starvation strike after he was allegedly stopped from getting into Nuh.
The seer alleged that the administration stopped him and his followers on the Sohna toll plaza whereas they have been on their option to pay homage to individuals who have been killed in final month’s clashes and carry out ‘Jalabhishek’ in Nuh temple on the event of the final Somvaar (Monday) of the Hindu month of Saawan.
“We had brought the soil of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi and the Jal (water) of Saryu river to pay homage to the Bajrang Dal workers, who were killed and were to return after performing Jalabhishek. I was travelling in a convoy of vehicles. Upon learning that Section 144 was in place, I reduced the convoy. Still, the administration stopped us and is not allowing us to return as well,” Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya stated.
He stated that he would sit on a starvation strike till he acquired permission to pay homage and carry out Jalabhishek.
Mamata Singh, further director basic, Law and Order, stated strict motion shall be taken in opposition to anybody attempting to instigate folks by way of social media.
“We have denied (permission) for any type of Yatra or group movement… However, people are offering prayers in the temple as it is the last Somvaar (Monday) of Saawan,” she stated.
“Internet services will remain suspended till midnight,” she added. (ANI)