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A 46-year-old Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) member died of a heart attack during a demonstration in Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur on Saturday. The organization was protesting demanding the abolition of the Waqf Board. The demonstrations were held in the districts on the call of the Devbhoomi Sangharsh Samiti. The committee is running a movement demanding the demolition of a mosque in Sanjauli and mandatory verification of migrants. A large number of people joined the demonstration in Shimla, Hamirpur, Mandi, Chamba and Nahan.
Warning of running ‘Jail Bharo Andolan’
During the demonstration in Hamirpur, when the protesters were going to submit a memorandum to the officials, VHP worker Varinder Parmar fainted. He was taken to Hamirpur Medical College in a police vehicle, where doctors declared him dead. Prima facie, a heart attack was reported to be the cause of death. Meanwhile, the committee’s co-convenor Madan Thakur said that the committee will wait for the decision of the Municipal Court on the disputed mosque by October 5 before deciding the future strategy. He also warned of launching a ‘jail bharo andolan’ after October 5. He said, “FIRs have been registered against us, while no action has been taken against AIMIM leader Shoaib Jamai for making a video from Sanjauli mosque and inciting people’s sentiments. Local people are not allowed to go there.”
Shoaib Jamai created a controversy by making a video from Sanjauli mosque and later saying that he would file a PIL demanding why buildings with more than four floors in the vicinity should not be considered illegal. This act was condemned by local Muslim leaders and leaders of the ruling Congress and opposition BJP. On September 11, when people demanding the demolition of a part of Sanjauli mosque broke the barricades and reached close to the mosque and started pelting stones, the police lathi-charged them and sprayed water on them. In this clash, six policemen and four protesters were injured and a case was registered against 50 protesters.
“Wakf Board should be abolished”
“Wakf Board should be abolished. Cases registered against the protesters should be withdrawn. Unauthorised mosques should be demolished and identification and verification of outsiders should be made mandatory,” said Madan Thakur, co-convener of the committee. A large number of people gathered in Hamirpur on Saturday to protest and carried saffron banners and flags. Leaders of the Hindu rights organisation demanded that a resolution to check the documents of migrants in Himachal Pradesh be passed in the gram sabha meetings to be held across the state on October 2. A large number of policemen were deployed in Shimla to maintain law and order. Shops of members of the Muslim community remained closed. In their address, leaders of the Hindu right-wing group demanded that a resolution to check the documents of migrants be passed in the gram sabha meetings to be held across the state on October 2.
