Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 18
The police today prevented Congress men from torching a specially-designed effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seven BJP MPs of Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and cabinet ministers of the Delhi government. The Congress named this as “Ravana Dahan”. The effigy had 16 heads.
The Congress wanted to torch the 50-ft effigy to register their protest over the sealing of illegal commercial establishments in Delhi.
Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken termed the police action "suppression and strangulation" of their democratic right to protest.
"Whether PM or CM, if they work like Ravana, their effigies would be torched," Maken told mediapersons.
A large number of police force was deployed near Shyamlal College in Shahdara, where Delhi Congress members had organised the "Ravan Dahan" event.
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