The issue of police firing over the farmers is
not going to be pacified. The political men’s sympathy to those who were killed
-- signals that other parties cannot easily forsake the issue. Whether now say
it was a false step of BJP; or say it was a fallacy of ruling BJP – pondering
over this matter appears like a thrown ball.
The MP police arrested Yogendra Yadav, Medha Patkar, Swami
Agnivesh including 30 more activists in Ratlam district on Sunday; later all
they were released. All of these were going to Mandsaur to meet with the
families of those farmers who were killed in the police firing. The police
stopped these activists on arriving at Dhodar Toll Plaza in Zaora city of
district Ratlam. All these were in custody at circuit house for half an hour.
They went from there after being released, told Deepak Kumar Shukla, City SP. Mohit Kumar Pandey, president JNUStudent Union and the delegates of farmers union were participants in these activists. Police announced there that their visit to Mandsaur may break the peace. It is too noticeable that the clamped curfew had been lifted from there, but the section 144 is still applicable.
They went from there after being released, told Deepak Kumar Shukla, City SP. Mohit Kumar Pandey, president JNUStudent Union and the delegates of farmers union were participants in these activists. Police announced there that their visit to Mandsaur may break the peace. It is too noticeable that the clamped curfew had been lifted from there, but the section 144 is still applicable.
After the arrest, Swaraj India political party leader,
Mr Yadav told the media person, “Our arrest is against the law because there
were no written orders to show us.”
He stressed that the group wanted to meet with
peacefully the aggrieved families of farmers. They wanted to hand over a
letter, and the earth of different places of country, to these families;
But we were not allowed.” According to the
police, after being prohibited to go to Mandsaur, the activists in protest
began to stage Dharna on Mahonimach highway. The traffic blockade took place
for a while.
They were shouting slogans against the government and pro the
farmers.
Police
said that the activists were arrested when they were emphasizing for the
permission to enter into Mandsaur.the SDM Jaora, RP Verma, said that the police
arrested them under section 151 IPC.
