Lucknow: The VHP workers have taken to the streets across the country to protest against the Uttar Pradesh's ban on the Ayodhya Yatra. However Samajwadi party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav remained defiant and defended his government's actions in Parliament.
The UP High Court on Monday ordered the release of all VHP actvists and workers who were detained. VHP leaders Ashok Singhal and Pravin Togadia were among those who were released along with 957 fellow cadres, a day after nearly 2,500 activists were arrested in a massive crackdown by UP authorities to foil its yatra.
The workers were detained in violation of section 151 (2) of the CrPC. Under this section, a person cannot be detained beyond 24 hours in case of apprehension of breach of peace unless he is not required in some other offence.
Protests were held in Kanpur, Auraiya, Lucknow, Barabanki, Ghazipur, Bulandshahr, Jhansi, Aligarh besides other districts. VHP activists clashed with police during a protest in New Delhi, prompting police to use water cannons to disperse them. The protestors pelted stones at police during the demonstration at Jantar Mantar and tried to break barricades.
Police had to resort to use of water cannons and mild canon charge to disperse the protesters. The protestersalso burnt an effigy of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. Phagware town in Punjab also witnessed protests by VHP activists.
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