Watch: Amid Heavy Security, VHP Carries Out Shobha Yatra With Just Local Members
Some local members, led by VHP president Alok Kumar, were allowed to pray at the Nalhar temple on Monday afternoon.
The Haryana government has beefed up the security in Haryana's Nuh, and neighbouring areas as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) carries on with its Braj Mandal Yatra on Monday, 28 August.
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Amid heavy security, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) carried out its Braj Mandal Yatra in Haryana's Nuh with just local members of the district on Monday, 28 August.
"Everything is under control. We have deployed sufficient police force. And people performed 'Jalabhishek' there (Nuh) as per their customs," Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij was quoted as saying by ANI, on the current situation in Nuh.
Some local members, led by VHP president Alok Kumar, were allowed to pray at the Nalhar temple on Monday afternoon. They then moved to Ferozepur Jhirka's Jhir temple.
"We don't know whether they (authorities) will give us permission (for procession) or not. If they stop us, we will stop. But move ahead once we are allowed to," said VHP president Alok Verma earlier on Monday morning.
The police, however, has maintained its stand that no yatra will be allowed and no one from outside Nuh will be allowed to enter.
A bus carrying the yatris.
The VHP called for the yatra despite the authorities denying permission for the same in view of the violence that took place a month ago during a similar procession in Nuh district.
“Our police and administration have taken this decision that instead of carrying out a yatra, people should go to nearby temples and offer prayers. Permission for yatra is denied but people can go and offer prayers in temples as it is Sawan month," Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Sunday, 27 August.
Meanwhile, the VHP had asserted that there was no need to obtain permission to undertake religious events.
According to the police, 1,900 Haryana Police personnel and 24 companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed.
"No outsider will be allowed to enter Nuh. All entry points to the district have been sealed and the road leading to the local Malhar temple has also been closed," the police added.
Meanwhile, the administration has also temporarily suspended mobile internet and bulk SMS services.
An RAF personnel stationed on site ahead of Brij Mandal Yatra of Hindu organisations, weeks after violence in the region in Nuh district on Sunday.
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