Haryana: Five arrested for vandalising posters of PM, CM on govt buses in Nuh
Gurugram (PTI): The police have arrested five persons for allegedly spraying black paint on posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini pasted on Haryana Roadways buses, police said on Friday.
The accused are said to be workers of Youth Congress but the police said the matter is under investigation.
According to the police, on Thursday night, a group of men carrying black spray paint arrived at a bus stand in Nuh. They allegedly vandalised posters of BJP leaders, including the prime minister and the Haryana chief minister, on various welfare schemes and announcements of the state and central governments.
An FIR was registered based on a complaint by a Haryana Roadways bus driver under relevant sections at Nuh (City) police station and five accused were arrested, police said.
The accused were identified as Harish, resident of Bisaru village, Amir of Akeda village, Wasid of Chedni village, Afaaq of Salahedi village, and Mubin of Ted village in Nuh district.
The police are questioning the accused and teams are conducting raids to nab others involved in the incident, a spokesperson of Nuh police said.
On Friday, some people took to X and claimed that the police have arrested Youth Congress leaders for vandalising posters of Prime Minister Modi and Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini in Nuh.
One of the accused, Afaak Khan, is said to be former district president of the NSUI, and Youth Congress president in the local unit.
"This is not activism. This is fringe behaviour encouraged by a party that has lost direction, lost discipline, and lost elections. When a party's leadership is weak, the cadre turns violent," read a post on X, accusing the Congress of spreading hate and provoking violence.
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Jai Bhim: Slogan that energised Dalits was first given at this central Maharashtra village
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (PTI): 'Jai Bhim': These two words have come to symbolise the awakening and empowerment of the Dalit community in independent India, but not many people know how it originated.
The slogan, which also encapsulates the immense reverence in which Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is held, was first raised at the Makranpur Parishad, a conference organised at Makranpur village in Kannad teshil of today's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district in Maharashtra.
Ambedkar, the chief architect of India's Constitution, died on December 6, 1956.
Bhausaheb More, the first president of the Scheduled Castes Federation of Marathwada, organised the first Makranpur Parishad on December 30, 1938.
Dr Ambedkar spoke at the conference and asked the people not to support the princely state of Hyderabad under which much of central Maharashtra then fell, said Assistant Commissioner of Police Pravin More, Bhausaheb's son.
"When Bhausaheb stood up to speak, he said every community has its own deity and they greet each other using the name of that deity. Dr Ambedkar showed us the path of progress, and he is like God to us. So henceforth, we should say 'Jai Bhim' while meeting each other. The people responded enthusiastically. A resolution accepting 'Jai Bhim' as the community's slogan was also passed," More told PTI.
"My father came in contact with Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar in his early years. Bhausaheb was aware of the atrocities the Nizam state committed on Dalits. He told Ambedkar about these atrocities, including the pressure to convert. Dr Ambedkar was strongly against these atrocities, and he decided to attend the 1938 conference," he said.
As Ambedkar was against the princely states, he was banned from giving speeches in the Hyderabad state but was allowed to travel through its territories. The Shivna river formed the border between Hyderabad and British India. Makranpur was chosen as the venue for the first conference because it was on the banks of Shivna but lay in the British territory, ACP More said.
The stage made of bricks, from where Dr Ambedkar addressed the conference, still stands. The conference is organised on December 30 every year to carry forward Ambedkar's thought, and the tradition was not discontinued even in 1972 when Maharashtra experienced one of the worst droughts in it history.
"My grandmother pledged her jewellery for the conference expenses. People from Khandesh, Vidarbha and Marathwada attended it. Despite a ban imposed by the Nizam's police, Ambedkar's followers crossed the river to attend the event," said ACP More.
"This is the 87th year of Makranpur Parishad. We have deliberately retained the venue as it helps spread Ambedkar's thought in rural areas," he added.
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