Police Lathicharge Pilgrims In Maharashtra, Draw Opposition Attack
NDTV
Sources indicated that the Warkari devotees had got into an argument with the police during the procession. The altercation took place during entry into the Shree Kshetra temple in Alandi for a ceremony.
Warkari devotees on way to a temple in Pandharpur were lathicharged by the Maharashtra police in Pune district today. This is the first time Warkaris -- devotees of the Lord Vithoba, a form of Lord Krishna -- have been lathicharged in the state. Sources indicated that the devotees had got into an argument with the police during the procession. The altercation took place during entry into the Shree Kshetra temple in Alandi for a ceremony. अरे अरे.. हिंदूत्ववादी सरकारचे ढोंग उघडे पडले.. मुखवटे गळून पडले..औरंगजेब यापेक्षा वेगळे काय वागत होता?वारकऱ्यांचा हिंदू आक्रोश सरकार असा चिरडून टाकतआहे. मोगलाई महाराष्ट्रात पुन्हा अवतरली आहे..@BJP4Maharashtra@Dev_Fadnavis@AUThackeray@ https://t.co/pnUc45IZ01 श्री क्षेत्र आळंदी येथे वारकरी बांधवांवर पोलिसांनी लाठीमार केल्याचा प्रकार अत्यंत संतापजनक आहे. वारकरी संप्रदायाचा पाया रचणारे थोर संत ज्ञानेश्वर महाराज यांच्या आळंदीत वारकरी बांधवांचा झालेला हा अपमान अत्यंत निषेधार्ह आहे. वारकरी संप्रदाय, वारकरी बांधव यांच्याबद्दल सरकारची काही… pic.twitter.com/IDtIy1azn3
Police sources said they had resorted to mild lathicharge to control the overwhelming number of devotees.
The tradition is to allow only 75 members to enter the premises but instead, around 400 people were trying to forcibly enter the temple.
The police action has drawn opposition attack on the government.
