Why MCD not informed about Ramlila cancellation, asks Mayor
Taking issue with Delhi Police for canceling permission for Ramdev's congregation here, Mayor Rajni Abbi has written to the Commissioner of Police asking why the MCD was not informed about the decision.
By PTI | Updated:
NEW DELHI: Taking issue with Delhi Police for canceling permission for Ramdev's congregation here, Mayor Rajni Abbi has written to the Commissioner of Police asking why the MCD was not informed about the decision.
She pointed out that the Ramlila ground, where the yoga guru was holding his anti-corruption hunger strike before a midnight crackdown on his supporters by police on June 4, is a property of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
The MCD, in which BJP is in a majority, has earlier said that it had given permission to Ramdev to hold a 30-day yoga camp at the site.
"The permission for holding the yoga camp at Ramlila Maidan was given by Municipal Corporation of Delhi as this ground is the property of MCD.
Later, the permission was canceled by the Police Department without giving intimation to the land owning authority -- the MCD," Abbi said in a letter to city Police Commissioner B K Gupta.
"I would like to know under what circumstances the permission was canceled by Delhi Police and why the MCD was not informed," she said.
Police had said law and order concerns and threat perception to Ramdev had prompted it to cancel the permission. They also said that the yoga camp was turned into a hunger strike site.
Abbi had earlier took objection to the fact that she was not allowed to enter the ground by policemen when she went to inspect the ground in the morning of June 5, following the crackdown that injured over 60 people.
She pointed out that the Ramlila ground, where the yoga guru was holding his anti-corruption hunger strike before a midnight crackdown on his supporters by police on June 4, is a property of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
The MCD, in which BJP is in a majority, has earlier said that it had given permission to Ramdev to hold a 30-day yoga camp at the site.
"The permission for holding the yoga camp at Ramlila Maidan was given by Municipal Corporation of Delhi as this ground is the property of MCD.
Later, the permission was canceled by the Police Department without giving intimation to the land owning authority -- the MCD," Abbi said in a letter to city Police Commissioner B K Gupta.
"I would like to know under what circumstances the permission was canceled by Delhi Police and why the MCD was not informed," she said.
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Police had said law and order concerns and threat perception to Ramdev had prompted it to cancel the permission. They also said that the yoga camp was turned into a hunger strike site.
Abbi had earlier took objection to the fact that she was not allowed to enter the ground by policemen when she went to inspect the ground in the morning of June 5, following the crackdown that injured over 60 people.
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