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| Dangerpora people disallow election rally at Eidgah | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
BARAMULLA, Apr 20: A day after Higher Education Minister, Mohammad Akbar Lone was forced to cancel his meeting with party workers at Shahgund-Hajin in North Kashmir's Bandipora district, residents of a Sopore village forced the coalition workers to pull down a stage at a religious place.
Reports reaching here said that locals of Dagerpora village of volatile Sopore town in North Kashmir's Baramulla district forced the National Conference-Congress alliance workers to remove the stage from religious place after youth pelted stones on workers besides the stage today.
The National Conference-Congress alliance workers had to face public wrath, after locals disallowed the workers to set up the stage to campaign for Baramulla Lok Sabha seat and sitting Member Parliament, Sharief-ud-Din Shariq, who along with National Conference and Congress leaders was scheduled to address the workers meeting at the Eidgah in the village.
The sources said that before the political programme the alliance workers had approached district administration for permission for said political meeting to be held at local school ground. However the maintained authorities denied permission for same and as such the NC-Congress workers tried to set up the stage at Eidgah.
"As the workers of alliance parties were busy setting the stage, local youth got furious and attacked the stage with stones, damaged the decoration, thrashed some workers and removed the banners at stage. Following the public wrath, the workers were later forced to shift the political meeting at house of sitting National Conference MLA Sopore, Mohammad Ashraf Ganie," said the reports.
MLA Rafiabad Javid Ahmad Dar, MLA Sopore, Mohammad Ashraf Ganaie and former Congress MLA Sopore, Abdul Rasheed Dar besides workers of alliance parties were scheduled to campaign for sitting MP, Sharief-ud-din Shariq, for upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Meanwhile, MLA Sopore denied that any violence or stone pelting incident occurred during the programme. He, however, admitted that they were forced to shift the stage to his house after locals disallowed the political meeting at the local Eidgah.
"There was no stone pelting on our workers, we shifted the stage after locals denied the permission citing religious place and reason. The workers meeting was later held at my own courtyard without any violence", said Ganaie. |
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