Continuing his footmarch in Uttar Pradesh for the second day on Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi headed towards Aligarh with the district admin saying his ‘kisan padyatra’ would be a “clear violation” of prohibitory orders in force if it enters the area.
The AICC General Secretary during his informal interactions with villagers while criss crossing several villages after he resumed his march at 6.20 am at Rampur Bangar had Chief Minister Mayawati firmly on his cross-hairs over the issue of forced land acquisition from farmers.Heavy police force has been deployed near Siarol village on Aligarh-Gautam Budh Nagar border, even as senior police officers insisted it was purely a precautionary measure.
“Heavy police force has been deployed near Siarol village on the Aligarh-Gautam Buddha Nagar border from where Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is barely at a short distance,” official sources said in Aligarh on Wednesday.
A Congress-backed kisan mahapanchayat is planned in Aligarh on Saturday.
After walking around 25 kms, Rahul had a halt at Rampur Bangar in Gautam Budh Nagar district where he spent the night at the house of a former village head after partaking rotis cooked by the women of the farmer’s household.
In Aligarh, SSP Satyendra Vir Singh said, “Section 144 CrPC is in force all over the district since June 12 and in this background Rahul Gandhi’s padyatra will be a clear violation.”
The SSP, however, clarified that if there is no apprehension of law and order problem, the authorities might choose not to prevent Rahul’s entry into the district.
Asserting that the Mayawati government should understand its responsibilities, Rahul told villagers in Alawalpur that farmers, whose land is being acquired, come to know of it only when the process is already over.
“This is not being said by one person, but thousands. People were killed in Bhatta Parsaul, but it was said that nothing happened. People were killed in Tappal. Your voice must be heard against the wrong doing,” he said in Alawalpur village where he camped for several hours.
Addressing a chaupal (informal assembly) in another village, Rahul said the magnitude in which land was being acquired in UP was not happening anywhere else in the country.
“It’s ok if the land is being acquired for road. Roads should be constructed and development must take place, but here land is being taken for colony,” he said.
Aligarh SSP Singh said, “The Congress party has secured permission for its kisan mahapanchayat in Aligarh on July 9. They have, however, not sought any permission for the ‘kisan padyatra’ which is currently on in certain other districts.”
Singh said the district authorities have communicated to the Special Protection Group that Rahul’s padyatra here would, therefore, be considered as a violation of section 144 CrPC.
“All our options are open in this matter and we are monitoring the situation carefully,” he said.
For the second consecutive day, ruling BSP attacked Rahul terming his padyatra as merely a political drama in view of the coming assembly elections.
LITERALLY IN SWARAJAYA SUCH ACTS OF PADYATRAAS, RATH YATRAAS, BANDHS, STRIKES, RAIL ROKO, RAASTA ROKO & EVEN RALLIES ETC. ETC; IN THE DAYS OF PRESENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE TO CONVEY GRIEVANCES & VOICES OF DEMANDS, UNTO THE REMOTEST CORNER OF THE COUNTRY; SHOULD HAVE BEEN DECLARED ANTI-NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
BUT FOR THE REASONS BEST KNOWN TO THE POLITICIANS,WHO KEPT INTACT THESE VIRTUALLY NON SENSIBLE ACTS & NUISANCES INTACT SIMPLY TO TORMENT THE POLICE PERSONNELS & PUT UNCALLED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE ON THE PUBLIC EXCHEQUER AND; IN FACT; ALL THESE ACTS HAVE MADE ALMOST 85% POPULACE OF THIS COUNTRY AS BPLs- BELOW POVERTY LINE & POORS.
IT IS ALSO MOST AMAZING THAT WHY THE APEX COURT HAS ALSO NOT TAKEN NOTICE OF THESE ANTI NATIONAL ACTIVITIES, BY DIRECTING THE POLITICAL PARTIES & OTHER ORGANISATIONS THAT THE DOORS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 3RD ORGAN OF GOVERNANCE OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTRY; THE JUDICIARY; ARE OPEN FOR ALL, TO GET REDRESSED THEIR GRIEVANCES; IF ANY, SO IF ANY POLITICAL PARTY & OR ORGANIZATION OR PERSON SHALL DO UNDERTAKE SUCH ACTS SHALL BE DEBARRED FROM CONTESTING POLLS & CAST VOTE EVEN?
STILL THERE IS HIGH TIME THAT *THE MOST HONORABLE APEX COURT* OF THIS COUNTRY SHOULD TAKE SUO MOTO NOTICE OF THESE COMMENTS IN *THE INDIA POST* AND SHOULD HAND OUT ANOTHER MOST WARRANTED DECISION TO PUT A BAN ON ALL ABOVE TOLD ACTIVITIES, WHICH ARE ANTI NATIONAL INDEED IN OWN /SELF RULE.
NO DOUBT THESE ABOVE SAID ACTIVITIES WERE ALL RIGHT IN THE DAYS OF THE BRITISH RULE, TO MAKE THEM FINANCIALLY WEAK, BY INDULGING THEM IN SUCH ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE & TORTURES BUT IN SELF RULE WHEN THE 3RD MOST IMPORTANT ORGAN OF GOVERNANCE OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTRY-*JUDICIARY* IS AVAILABLE, TO LOOK INTO THE WRONGNESS & RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THINGS & ISSUES, WHY IT IS NOT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, IS A VERY SERIOUS QUESTION INDEED?
THUS IT IS PRAYED TO *THE MOST HONORABLE APEX COURT* THAT IT SHALL TAKE AN IMMEDIATE ACTION IN THIS CONTEXT, TO SAVE THIS NATION FROM SUCH ANTI NATIONAL ACTIVITIES, BY BANNING ALL THE ABOVE SAID ACTS FORTHWITH IN THE LARGEST INTEREST OF THE NATION INSOOTH—dr.amritgaur at:aagassociates1943@yahoo.in