NAGPUR: As many as 350 protesters have been detained Saturday following one of the crucial aggressive pro-Vidarbha statehood agitations in over a decade whereby over 1,000 folks throughout all ages marched to Vidhan Bhavan, tried to barge into the premises and hoist the Vidarbha flag as slogans of “Jai Vidarbha” rang within the air.
Some tried to climb the Bhavan’s primary gate however have been stopped by cops.A couple of agitators, nonetheless, managed to tie Vidarbha flags on the Bhavan’s gates. After detaining the demonstrators, police eliminated these flags. One of many protesters, in the meantime, sneaked into Samvidhan Sq. and threw Vidharbha flag stands into the premises like a javelin.
On the march, the demonstrators’ voices rose in unison, reverberating with the dream of seeing Vidarbha recognised as a separate state. Vidarbha Rajya Andolan Samiti, in collaboration with Jai Vidarbha Social gathering and different pro-statehood events, organised the demonstration from Yeshwant Stadium to Vidhan Bhavan to unfurl an impartial Vidarbha flag. Amid heavy deployment at Freedom Park Sq., cops stopped protesters at Tekdi Street.
Shobha and Baba Maski from Chandrapur — who intend to lock themselves in a cage in an indefinite strike for statehood from Aug 15 — have been noticed in a cage on the protest.
Activist Neelkant Ambhore (89), who has championed statehood for 25 years, lamented unemployment amongst youth within the area, saying alternatives have been snatched away by people from Marathwada and Konkan.
Some tried to climb the Bhavan’s primary gate however have been stopped by cops.A couple of agitators, nonetheless, managed to tie Vidarbha flags on the Bhavan’s gates. After detaining the demonstrators, police eliminated these flags. One of many protesters, in the meantime, sneaked into Samvidhan Sq. and threw Vidharbha flag stands into the premises like a javelin.
On the march, the demonstrators’ voices rose in unison, reverberating with the dream of seeing Vidarbha recognised as a separate state. Vidarbha Rajya Andolan Samiti, in collaboration with Jai Vidarbha Social gathering and different pro-statehood events, organised the demonstration from Yeshwant Stadium to Vidhan Bhavan to unfurl an impartial Vidarbha flag. Amid heavy deployment at Freedom Park Sq., cops stopped protesters at Tekdi Street.
Shobha and Baba Maski from Chandrapur — who intend to lock themselves in a cage in an indefinite strike for statehood from Aug 15 — have been noticed in a cage on the protest.
Activist Neelkant Ambhore (89), who has championed statehood for 25 years, lamented unemployment amongst youth within the area, saying alternatives have been snatched away by people from Marathwada and Konkan.
