Tipu Jayanti: Prohibitory orders imposed in Karnataka's Srirangapatna
Mandya (Karnataka) (PTI): In view of Tipu Sultan Jayanti celebrations on Friday, prohibitory orders have been imposed across Srirangapatna taluk in this district as a precautionary measure to avoid any untoward incident, police said.
Section 144 of the CrPC which prohibits assembly of four or more persons has been clamped on the occasion like every year since it is a sensitive area, a senior police officer said.
The orders are in effect from 6 am to 11 pm during which there will be restrictions on processions, protests and rallies. Use of banners, buntings, loudspeakers, firecrackers and DJs have also been prohibited, the officer said.
Sloganeering and wearing t-shirts with any provocative images or slogans have also been restricted during this period, he said.
"To maintain peace, law and order, safety and to protect the lives of public and public property, prohibitory orders have been imposed as a precautionary measure. Usually, a large number of people from Mysuru and neighbouring taluks are also expected during Tipu Jayanti celebrations. So, precautionary measures have been taken to avoid any untoward incident since it is also a sensitive area," the officer added.
The tomb of Tipu Sultan in Srirangapatna, where the 18th century ruler of the erstwhile Mysuru kingdom was buried, sees a steady stream of visitors during his birth anniversary every year.
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PM Modi, RSS strengthening wall in path of SCs, STs, OBCs: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS were strengthening the wall standing in the path of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs, even as he acknowledged that the UPA took steps to weaken that wall but not to the extent it should have.
Addressing the 'Samvidhan Rakshak Abhiyaan', Gandhi also referred to the function held on Constitution Day in Parliament and said that it is his guarantee, that "Modi has not read" the Constitution.
"If PM Modi would have read this book then what he does daily, he would not do it," Gandhi said, displaying a copy of the Constitution of India.
Gandhi said the country's whole system is pitted against Dalits, Adivasis and backward class people.
He said a wall obstructs the path of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs and Modi and the RSS are strengthening that wall by "adding cement to it".
"Slowly the wall (obstructing the path of SCs, STs, OBCs) is getting strengthened. Earlier, the UPA government gave MGNREGA, the land acquisition act, the right to food...those were ways to weaken that wall. Today, when I look back, I can say the UPA government did not weaken the wall to the extent it should have, it did not do it as strongly as it should have," Gandhi said.
"However, we used to make efforts to weaken that wall but they (the BJP) are strengthening that wall by adding concrete," the former Congress president said.
Gandhi said a caste survey being carried out in Telangana is a historic step and the Congress will do the same wherever it comes to power.
