Apr 12, 2025 10:19 PM IST
Police deployed heavy pressure at Hazratganj crossing after receiving alerts concerning the gathering, which included Karni Sena, Kshatriya Mahasabha and Rashtriya Rajput Mahasabha.
: Members of a number of Kshatriya organisations on Saturday staged a protest within the coronary heart of Lucknow towards the Samajwadi Get together and its Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Lal Suman who had made a controversial comment about medieval ruler Rana Sanga final month. The protest coincided with Rana Sanga’s delivery anniversary, which was celebrated on Saturday.
DCP Central Ashish Srivastava mentioned police acquired info via social media posts claiming a programme and demonstration could be held at Hazratganj on Rana Sanga’s delivery anniversary. (For illustration solely)
Police deployed heavy pressure at Hazratganj crossing after receiving alerts concerning the gathering, which included Karni Sena, Kshatriya Mahasabha and Rashtriya Rajput Mahasabha.
Karni Sena members claimed that over 20 of their workplace bearers had been detained and former Allahabad College pupil union president Abhishek Singh Sonu was taken into custody when he reached Hazratganj to assist the protest. Law enforcement officials mentioned he was planning an illustration towards the Samajwadi Get together at Atal Chowk, which led to an altercation earlier than his detention. Whilst senior officers monitored the state of affairs on the bottom, police personnel from a number of stations, together with PAC, managed motion at main factors within the space.
DCP Central Ashish Srivastava mentioned police acquired info via social media posts claiming a programme and demonstration could be held at Hazratganj on Rana Sanga’s delivery anniversary.
“We spoke to the organisers. They assured us the programme had been postponed,” he mentioned.
Regardless of the announcement, a number of protesters reached the spot. “We came to celebrate Rana Sanga’s birth anniversary, but the police took us into custody,” mentioned Tej Pratap Singh of the Kshatriya Kalyan Seva Samiti.
“Our only demand is that Ramji Lal Suman apologise for his remarks.”Protesters additionally questioned the supposed silence of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.
“If he talks about PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak), then why is the ‘A’—which stands for ‘upper castes’—missing from his narrative?” mentioned a Karni Sena employee on the protest web site. Police proceed to keep up a powerful presence in Hazratganj, with officers instructed to stay on excessive alert.
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