Sunday, 9 November 2014

Despite Madras HC order, RSS rallies stopped, activists arrested

CHENNAI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activists were arrested in various parts of Tamil Nadu on Sunday as they attempted to take out route marches in their khakhi-white uniforms to mark the RSS foundation day and kick start celebrations to commemorate the 1000th coronation year of 11th century Tamil King Rajendra Chola. 

Despite the explicit orders of the Madras high court permitting the route marches, police prevented them. Thousands of marchers including BJP national executive member L Ganesan in Madurai and BJP national secretary H Raja in Dindigul courted arrest condemning the police for acting in contempt of court orders. 

"We will definitely move the high court on Monday against police for contempt of court," Ganesan told TOI. "It is nonsensical to ban marches by a nationalist organization like the RSS," he averred. 

RSS state joint secretary S Ramamurthy expressed dismay that despite the nod given by the DGP Ashok Kumar to the RSS on Saturday that the route marches were okay provided no music bands were in attendance, on Sunday morning the police had changed their decision. "It is my personal impression that police seemed to be helpless on account of political pressure," he said. 

The Madras high court had on Friday green-flagged the RSS processions at seven locations in Tamil Nadu, saying they could not be stalled by police citing archaic colonial-era legislation and "intelligence inputs" which were too general. Police authorities who denied permission for the rallies had also invoked a wrong provision of law, the court said. 


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