After the Sarv Jatiya Hindu Mahapanchayat requested a “Shobha Yatra” on Monday in the Nuh district despite Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar refusing to grant permission for the march, Haryana was placed on high alert with extensive security measures in place. This occurs at a time when the neighbourhood was already tense due to communal violence last month.
They don’t need permission to visit a temple, according to Shandilya, who on Sunday criticized Khattar for not permitting the Yatra.
The district administration implemented Section 144 in the meantime and urged people to refrain from moving in Nuh. The district’s banks and educational institutions, including all schools and colleges, will remain closed, according to Ashwini Kumar, the Nuh sub-divisional magistrate.
1. On August 13, the Sarv Jatiya Hindu Mahapanchayat issued a request to continue the Brij Mandal Shobha Yatra in Nuh, which had been postponed due to the district’s July outbreak of violence, on August 28. To ensure law and order, Manohar Lal Khattar did not authorize the yatra’s execution. The chief minister stated, “Since there was a law and order situation during the yatra last month and now it is the responsibility of the government to maintain law and order, that is why the permission to carry out this yatra was not given.”
2. The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) declared on Sunday that Braj Mandal Shoba Yatra would be performed peacefully despite not being granted permission. Alok Kumar, the VHP leader, declared that “no issues relating to law and order would arise.”
3. The VHP leader added, “We know that G20 is going to start, so we will shorten the yatra,” in a statement to the news agency ANI. But we won’t abandon it; we’ll finish it tomorrow. I’ll participate as well. In order for people to organize their religious celebrations peacefully and safely, the government’s role is to uphold law and order. Mobile internet access will not be available from August 26 to August 28 due to a state-imposed suspension.
4. In preparation for the yatra, Dhirendra Khadgata, the deputy commissioner for Nuh, and Narendra Bijarniya, the superintendent of police, met with peace committees on Saturday. The Union Territory of Chandigarh’s police head, Kapur, also presided over a conference with senior officers from surrounding states, including Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chandigarh, and he called for coordinated action to cope with any growing scenario.
On July 31, when a religious procession led by the VHP was stoned, and vandalized, and police and private vehicles were set on fire, racial tensions erupted in the Nuh district. The conflicts resulted in the deaths of six persons, including two home guards and a cleric. Gurugram, which had previously experienced isolated acts of violence, was rapidly affected by the violence.
5.Bittu Bajrangi, a cow vigilante, was sentenced to 14 days in judicial detention on August 17 in relation to communal disturbances that broke out in the area on July 31.On July 31, when crowds stoned a Hindu religious procession and set cars on fire, sectarian violence erupted in Haryana’s Nuh district. The following evening, incidents involving arson and vandalism occurred in some areas of adjacent Gurugram. When famous Hindu nationalist activist and Bajrang Dal member Monu Manesar declared he would be attending the Shobha yatra in Nuh, tensions started to rise. Police have named Manesar as a suspect in the lynching of two Muslim livestock dealers in another area of the state of Haryana.
