Purola Mahapanchayat: The district administration has imposed Section-144 in the entire Purola tehsil area from June 14 to 19. The city has been converted into a cantonment. As a precautionary measure, police force has been deployed in the entire Yamuna valley as well.
To stop the mahapanchayat, the administration has converted Purola into a cantonment. Section-144 has been implemented in Purola Tehsil area. On the other hand, today business establishments are closed in municipal area, Barkot, Naugaon. The boundaries of Uttarkashi district are sealed, being monitored by drones. On the other hand, the businessmen and people associated with Hindu organizations have been stopped one km ahead of Naugaon by the police.
Sub-Divisional Magistrate Barkot Jitendra Kumar had reached with the police force as soon as the information about the march was received. The police have stopped everyone, while businessmen and people from Hindu organizations are adamant on going to Purola. The Deputy Collector is trying to convince everyone, but people are raising slogans here.
Advocate Shahrukh Alam, a member of the Association for Protection of Civil Rights, on Wednesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court regarding the Mahapanchayat of Hinduist organizations in Purola and the people of special sects to leave the city by June 15. In the Supreme Court, a vacation bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah asked the petitioner to first approach the High Court.
The bench said that the petitioner should rely on the High Court. The bench said, ‘Why no confidence in the High Court? They also have jurisdiction. You must have some faith. Why this short circuiting? We are not on merit or reason. Why do you distrust the administration?’ After which the petitioner withdrew the petition.
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