Valentine’s Day | Bajrang Dal activists drive away couples in Gandhinagar park, take out protest march in Nagpur
1 year, 10 months ago

Valentine’s Day | Bajrang Dal activists drive away couples in Gandhinagar park, take out protest march in Nagpur

The Hindu  

Members of right-wing outfit Bajrang Dal on Tuesday entered a prominent garden in Gujarat’s capital Gandhinagar to register their protest against Valentine’s Day celebrations and drove away couples sitting inside the park. While the Opposition Congress strongly condemned the act, the Gandhinagar police swung into action and summoned Bajrang Dal activists involved in the protest against Valentine’s Day, celebrated worldwide on February 14 as the festival of love. Shaktisinh Zala, convener of the Bajrang Dal’s Gandhinagar unit, admitted the outfit’s members entered the garden to register their protest against Valentine’s Day, which he claimed, reflected “western culture”. Rally against Valentine’s Day in Nagpur Bajrang Dal members also took out a rally in Nagpur protesting against Valentine’s Day and organised mass recitation of the Hanuman Chalisa on the occasion.

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