Members of an organisation of right-wing outfits gathered on Friday to perform Govardhan Puja at a designated namaz site in Sector 12 that has seen protests against Friday prayers on public land.
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Members of an organisation of right-wing outfits as well as BJP functionaries performed Govardhan Puja at a designated namaz site – Indranil Das28
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Among those who attended the event were representatives of local outfits or local units of national organisations like VHP, some of whom gave provocative speeches – Indranil Das
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The same outfit had organised similar protests against namaz in 2018 after which sites for Friday prayers were designated – Indranil Das
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There was police deployment at the spot, but the numbers were lower than last week when 25 people were arrested for trying to disrupt namaz – Indranil Das
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After protests every Friday over the past few weeks, the Gurugram administration recently withdrew permission for namaz from eight of the 37 designated sites – Indranil Das
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This Friday, though, other than those eight sites, namaz did not happen at three more places, including Sector 12, because of opposition – Indranil Das
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Delhi BJP’s Kapil Mishra said roads were not for religious activity, adding if the same was done for pujas, roads would be blocked forever as there is some puja every day – Indranil Das
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A senior district administration official said a committee formed to designate namaz spots had begun work on finding a resolution – Indranil Das
