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Gandhigiri raises temper
[ 26 Sep, 2006 0134hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
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LUCKNOW: Gandhigiri activists are facing the heat now. Their 'flowery' attempt to protest against the district administration on Monday over permission for a jagran puja , were met with sarcastic remarks directed at the Father of the Nation himself.
The issue was permission for puja close to a liquor shop at Rana Pratap Marg which additional district magistrate Janardan Baranwal had given and then taken back. Protesting against this cancellation with flowers, led the ADM to allegedly comment,â Gandhiji chale gaye aur apni auladein chhod gaye. â (Gandhiji has gone and left behind his children).
The high voltage drama unfolded at Hazratganj police station where Baranwal along with CO Hazratganj Ajay Shankar Rai were having heated arguments with some Gandhigiri activists who had taken around 100 kg of flowers to the residence of Baranwal as part of their protest against the officer after he cancelled permission to hold the puja.
Activists claimed that it was Baranwal who had given them the permission on September 20, only to be cancelled on the night of September 23.
Meanwhile, scores of Gandhigiri activists had gathered at Hazratganj police station. Dressed in a Gandhian attire, they started raising slogans. At one point of time, a couple of them lost their cool and tried to force their way into Rai's chamber. They were however stopped by other activists.
"Janardan Barnwal has said such things about Gandhiji that we cannot tell you," claimed a Gandhigiri activist Shiv Lakhani.
However, Baranwal, categorically denied saying anything derogatory about Mahatama Gandhi. When asked as to why did he first grant residents the permission to organise a puja and later cancel it, Janardan cited police reports that organisers had drifted from the spot for which they were permitted.
The new place, he said, where these organisers were intending to hold puja was very close to a liquor shop and thus there were chances of violence. Sandeep Seth, another activist, however, showed papers which clearly said that permission was granted for the road close to Shiv mandir at Rana Pratap Marg. Papers of fire department too stated that the place is close to a Shiv mandir.
"But in spite of that we just tried to stage a peace march and offer flowers to officers," Seth said. In return, he alleged, both Baranwal and Rai threatened them of dire consequences.
To this both Baranwal and Rai shot back, "What would happen if we send 500 people to your house with one quintal of flowers?"
Earlier in the day, around 200 Gandhigiri activists marched off peacefully towards the residence of ADM (E) Janardan Baranwal. Accompanied with over a dozen women, singing bhajans , they laid flowers on the stairs up to the first floor flat of Baranwal. While some of them raised slogans like Bharat mata ki jai , others sat outside urging him to come out and take a flower.
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[ 26 Sep, 2006 0134hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
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LUCKNOW: Gandhigiri activists are facing the heat now. Their 'flowery' attempt to protest against the district administration on Monday over permission for a jagran puja , were met with sarcastic remarks directed at the Father of the Nation himself.
The issue was permission for puja close to a liquor shop at Rana Pratap Marg which additional district magistrate Janardan Baranwal had given and then taken back. Protesting against this cancellation with flowers, led the ADM to allegedly comment,â Gandhiji chale gaye aur apni auladein chhod gaye. â (Gandhiji has gone and left behind his children).
The high voltage drama unfolded at Hazratganj police station where Baranwal along with CO Hazratganj Ajay Shankar Rai were having heated arguments with some Gandhigiri activists who had taken around 100 kg of flowers to the residence of Baranwal as part of their protest against the officer after he cancelled permission to hold the puja.
Activists claimed that it was Baranwal who had given them the permission on September 20, only to be cancelled on the night of September 23.
Meanwhile, scores of Gandhigiri activists had gathered at Hazratganj police station. Dressed in a Gandhian attire, they started raising slogans. At one point of time, a couple of them lost their cool and tried to force their way into Rai's chamber. They were however stopped by other activists.
"Janardan Barnwal has said such things about Gandhiji that we cannot tell you," claimed a Gandhigiri activist Shiv Lakhani.
However, Baranwal, categorically denied saying anything derogatory about Mahatama Gandhi. When asked as to why did he first grant residents the permission to organise a puja and later cancel it, Janardan cited police reports that organisers had drifted from the spot for which they were permitted.
The new place, he said, where these organisers were intending to hold puja was very close to a liquor shop and thus there were chances of violence. Sandeep Seth, another activist, however, showed papers which clearly said that permission was granted for the road close to Shiv mandir at Rana Pratap Marg. Papers of fire department too stated that the place is close to a Shiv mandir.
"But in spite of that we just tried to stage a peace march and offer flowers to officers," Seth said. In return, he alleged, both Baranwal and Rai threatened them of dire consequences.
To this both Baranwal and Rai shot back, "What would happen if we send 500 people to your house with one quintal of flowers?"
Earlier in the day, around 200 Gandhigiri activists marched off peacefully towards the residence of ADM (E) Janardan Baranwal. Accompanied with over a dozen women, singing bhajans , they laid flowers on the stairs up to the first floor flat of Baranwal. While some of them raised slogans like Bharat mata ki jai , others sat outside urging him to come out and take a flower.