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Asaram Bapu's pre-Holi event turned violent,
media persons manhandled
Monday March 18, 2013 08:10:28 PM,
IANS
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Thane: At least one
media person was manhandled and his camera broken as supporters of
spiritual leader Asaram Bapu clashed with political workers
opposing a pre-Holi event in Navi Mumbai Monday, police said.
Three people were detained.
Angry activists of the Republican Party of India (RPI) and other
social groups demonstrated outside the Patni Grounds where Asaram
Bapu celebrated Holi.
The protestors objected to the alleged wastage of water in the
celebration as large parts of Maharashtra are facing acute
drought.
The activists raised slogans demanding action against Asaram Bapu
and there was stone-pelting involving the RPI workers and Asaram
Bapu's supporters, police said.
Asaram Bapu's supporters manhadled and pushed around a cameraman
from a private TV channel and heckled other media persons covering
the pre-Holi function as police intervened to prevent the
situation from escalating further.
Three people were detained for the manhandling incident, police
said.
All political parties in Maharashtra have strongly condemned
Asaram Bapu's insistence of celebrating wet Holi in the backdrop
of the acute drought in the state.
A spokesperson for the RPI demanded stringent action against
Asaram Bapu and the organisers of his Holi functions.
He said the party has called upon all private and public
organisations not to provide water for Asaram Bapu's pre-Holi
functions and instead divert the water to the needy villages.
Congress state spokesperson Sachin Sawant urged people to
celebrate a dry Holi this year in view of the draught.
Sawant said the water in state's reservoirs was barely 31 percent
of the capacity and if people celebrate a dry Holi a lot of
precious water can be saved for the remaining two-and-half months
before the next monsoon.
Monday's developments came a day after Asaram Bapu celebrated Holi
in Nagpur using several tankers of water, drawing sharp reactions
from the people and social organisations like Andhashraddha
Nirmoolan Samiti (ANS).
As in Nagpur on Sunday, Asaram Bapu celebrated Holi by directing
coloured water jets on hordes of his supporters in Navi Mumbai
from at least four water tankers hired from neighbouring Thane
city.
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