Agra: bowing down to public pressure Aligarh The district administration denied the permission of the proposedDharam SansadPlanned in the city on 22nd and 23rd January. Apart from prominent citizens and minority organizations, former Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal He had also written a letter to the district administration seeking to deny permission for the event, which “may lead to tension in the communally sensitive city”.
ADM (city) RK Patel told TOI on Monday that since the model code of conduct and COVID guidelines were in force in the state, the organizers would not be allowed. “Neither has been allowed nor will it be,” he said. Several senior citizens, retired officers, professors and social activists had written to District Magistrate Selva Kumari demanding that the program be stopped in Aligarh. In the letter, he wrote: “Dharma Sansad is being organized in Aligarh on the lines of Haridwar. Since Aligarh is a sensitive city, speeches are made in the form of provocative speeches. Haridwar Religion Parliament, which disturbs the peaceful atmosphere of the entire country, can create tension and fear in the society in the midst of assembly elections. Therefore, such an event should not be allowed in the public interest.”
Members of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) had also urged the DM to deny permission for the proposed gathering of saints. In a letter to the district administration, AIMIM President Gufran Noor said that communal harmony was disrupted after hate speech in Haridwar recently. Organizer of Dharma Sansad and Trustee of Sanatan Hindu Seva Sansthan Annapurna Bharti said the event has been postponed “by us” for fear of Omicron “and that two of our keynote speakers, who are also members of the core committee of the Parliament of Religions in Haridwar, are in judicial custody for their Haridwar speeches”. “We will hold a meeting on January 23 to decide the future date. We do not need permission from the district administration to organize a religious program in the city,” he said. Earlier on Wednesday, the Supreme Court had issued notice to the Uttarakhand government and Delhi Police on a plea seeking an independent probe into the speeches of Haridwar Dharma Sansad that allegedly incited violence against Muslims and Christians.
ADM (city) RK Patel told TOI on Monday that since the model code of conduct and COVID guidelines were in force in the state, the organizers would not be allowed. “Neither has been allowed nor will it be,” he said. Several senior citizens, retired officers, professors and social activists had written to District Magistrate Selva Kumari demanding that the program be stopped in Aligarh. In the letter, he wrote: “Dharma Sansad is being organized in Aligarh on the lines of Haridwar. Since Aligarh is a sensitive city, speeches are made in the form of provocative speeches. Haridwar Religion Parliament, which disturbs the peaceful atmosphere of the entire country, can create tension and fear in the society in the midst of assembly elections. Therefore, such an event should not be allowed in the public interest.”
Members of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) had also urged the DM to deny permission for the proposed gathering of saints. In a letter to the district administration, AIMIM President Gufran Noor said that communal harmony was disrupted after hate speech in Haridwar recently. Organizer of Dharma Sansad and Trustee of Sanatan Hindu Seva Sansthan Annapurna Bharti said the event has been postponed “by us” for fear of Omicron “and that two of our keynote speakers, who are also members of the core committee of the Parliament of Religions in Haridwar, are in judicial custody for their Haridwar speeches”. “We will hold a meeting on January 23 to decide the future date. We do not need permission from the district administration to organize a religious program in the city,” he said. Earlier on Wednesday, the Supreme Court had issued notice to the Uttarakhand government and Delhi Police on a plea seeking an independent probe into the speeches of Haridwar Dharma Sansad that allegedly incited violence against Muslims and Christians.
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