10-05-2008, 09:57 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Violence at Sonia rally </b>
Pioneer.com
Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi
The much-publicised rally by Delhi Government to distribute provisional regularisation certificates to unauthorised colonies turned into a volatile zone with protesting farmers of Kanjhawala getting into fisticuffs with Congress volunteers.
The Sheila Dikshit Government faced a major embarrassment when the farmers started raising slogans against Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Delhi Government when Gandhi referred to the issue of farmers during her speech at Chhatrasaal stadium.
<b>As slogans continued for over five minutes, angry Congress workers clashed with protesters who were mostly elderly women and men. </b>
<b>The workers threw chairs at the farmers and also broke the barricade and pulled out sticks to beat them up. This happened even as Gandhi was speaking. The workers soon evicted them from the venue. </b>
Congress leaders alleged that the protesters were BJP supporters out to disturb the rally. However, one of the farmers said they were peasants from Kanjhawala and wanted better compensation for their land, which is being acquired. Strangely, it took just 35-odd farmers to spoil the Delhi Government mega show.
<b>The noisy protest drowned her speech and not much could be heard. However, an unfazed Gandhi continued with her address amid din. </b>
The Delhi Congress was showcasing the rally as the launch vehicle for the Assembly election. The rally was organised to counter the one held at Ramlila Ground by senior BJP leader Vijay Goel to protest against temporary regularisation certificates The Goel rally was a huge success.
Despite full support from Delhi Government the DPCC leadership failed to bring people to the venue. The Delhi Congress leadership had assigned MLAs and councillors certain number of buses to bring supporters to the rally venue. The poor show also reflected infighting in the Congress. Despite the effort, the stadium remained largely vacant. When they could not fill the ground, a desperate Delhi Development Minister Rajkumar Chauhan ordered the opening of the gates of the stadium. This led to the entry of even those who were protesting outside the venue.
Meanwhile, Goel organised a protest march from Burari Chowk to the venue with thousands of people.
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This demand President Rule in Delhi. Arrest person who was giving speech and inciting Viloence, it means Sonia Gandhi created riots in Rally.
Pioneer.com
Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi
The much-publicised rally by Delhi Government to distribute provisional regularisation certificates to unauthorised colonies turned into a volatile zone with protesting farmers of Kanjhawala getting into fisticuffs with Congress volunteers.
The Sheila Dikshit Government faced a major embarrassment when the farmers started raising slogans against Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Delhi Government when Gandhi referred to the issue of farmers during her speech at Chhatrasaal stadium.
<b>As slogans continued for over five minutes, angry Congress workers clashed with protesters who were mostly elderly women and men. </b>
<b>The workers threw chairs at the farmers and also broke the barricade and pulled out sticks to beat them up. This happened even as Gandhi was speaking. The workers soon evicted them from the venue. </b>
Congress leaders alleged that the protesters were BJP supporters out to disturb the rally. However, one of the farmers said they were peasants from Kanjhawala and wanted better compensation for their land, which is being acquired. Strangely, it took just 35-odd farmers to spoil the Delhi Government mega show.
<b>The noisy protest drowned her speech and not much could be heard. However, an unfazed Gandhi continued with her address amid din. </b>
The Delhi Congress was showcasing the rally as the launch vehicle for the Assembly election. The rally was organised to counter the one held at Ramlila Ground by senior BJP leader Vijay Goel to protest against temporary regularisation certificates The Goel rally was a huge success.
Despite full support from Delhi Government the DPCC leadership failed to bring people to the venue. The Delhi Congress leadership had assigned MLAs and councillors certain number of buses to bring supporters to the rally venue. The poor show also reflected infighting in the Congress. Despite the effort, the stadium remained largely vacant. When they could not fill the ground, a desperate Delhi Development Minister Rajkumar Chauhan ordered the opening of the gates of the stadium. This led to the entry of even those who were protesting outside the venue.
Meanwhile, Goel organised a protest march from Burari Chowk to the venue with thousands of people.
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This demand President Rule in Delhi. Arrest person who was giving speech and inciting Viloence, it means Sonia Gandhi created riots in Rally.