Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday claimed that the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre would “collapse” by March-April next year.
Additional police commissioner Rajesh Bansode said the protesters were taken to the Cantonment Police Station and released a couple of hours later. “The beginning of the end of the Union government has started. It has panicked in the face of huge public dissent and will cease to exist by April next year. “The government must explain why roads leading to Delhi were sealed and several Delhi bound trains from various parts of the country were stopped and commercial flights diverted. This is an undemocratic government. Both Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah have become fearful following the revolt by the country’s people,” claimed Raut. The police had deployed adequate personnel in the vicinity of Lal Mahal to maintain law and order.
“Around 4.5 lakh Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have been brought in from Jammu & Kashmir and heavily deployed across Delhi to block youth and members of various organisations from gathering for protests against the government. Pune city police detained around 80 students and volunteers of the CJP near Lal Mahal on Saturday afternoon as they staged a protest against the Union government and demanded the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
But this is a people’s protest, and you cannot silence the voice of the people,” he said. The protesters also asserted that they would not tolerate “vote chori” (vote theft) during elections under any circumstances. An alternate government would be formed at the Centre,” Raut told reporters in Pune on Saturday.
Responding to questions, Raut said that the country’s people want Kumar to step down immediately.
