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Guwahati, July 18 : Despite banning by the Assam police, Pravin Togadia, president of newly formed Antarashtriya Hindu Parishad (AHP) on Wednesday had reached at the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Borjhar in Guwahati.
To maintain law and order situation in Assam ahead of final draft of the updating National Register of Citizens (NRC) publication, Assam police has banned Pravin Togadia, president of newly formed Antarashtriya Hindu Parishad (AHP) from holding meetings in Guwahati.
Assam police has denied permission to the AHP to hold meetings in Guwahati from July 17 to July 19 and saying that, inflammatory speeches could hurt the sentiments of the religious minority community people in th state while the final draft of NRC to be published on July 30.
Thousands of workers, supporters of Antarashtriya Hindu Parishad (AHP have welcomed Pravin Togadia at the airport.
Togadia will visit the Kamakhya temple and holding meetings with the workers, supporters of AHP in Guwahati.
On Tuesday, Guwahati city police Commissioner Hiren Nath said that, police denied any permission to the AHP to hold meetings in the capital city of Assam as section 144 of the CrPC is currently in force in all three police districts in Guwahati.
The Guwahati city police Commissioner had issued a prohibitory order and asking Togadia to abstain from attending any event organised by AHP.
The order will remain in force for next two months and asking Togadia not to deliver any speech anywhere without appropriate permission.
“For next two months, Togadia will neither be able to visit the state nor will be allowed to make any statements targeting religious minority community people,” Hiren Nath said.
On the other hand, Togadia had received the order copy from the Guwahati city police at the airport.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
