The protesters, including many women, rushed there and attacked the steel reinforcing bars, several cement and concrete pillars, the temporary boundaries erected there and set fire to other wooden materials and scaffolding, taking the authorities by surprise. .
Even as opposition leaders Maha Vikas Aghadi criticized the government, Nagpur police and riot control police sent forces to the spot, issued appeals to maintain peace over megaphones and urged protesters to disperse from the spot, but few They paid attention.
Concerned about the possible political fallout of the upcoming Assembly elections, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday afternoon announced a stay on the parking project in the legislature.
Fadnavis said though the Deekshabhoomi Trust had approved the proposal and it was approved by the state government along with necessary funds, in view of public sentiments, the project has been put on hold until all views are taken into account.
The final decision will be taken unanimously by all interested parties, he added.
Top MVA leaders including Nitin Raut of Congress, Aditya Thackeray and Sushma Andhare of Shiv Sena (UBT), Jitendra Awhad of Nationalist Congress Party (SP) and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi president Prakash Ambedkar have attacked the state government for moving forward. the proposal without trusting Dalits and other stakeholders.
Prakash Ambedkar said that despite repeated objections raised for a long time, some of the trustees were adamant in going ahead with the project, although there were no demands for underground parking, adding that there could be commercial interests connected with it.
Aditya Thackeray said that whenever there are mega events, those underground facilities are closed for safety reasons.
Raut and Awhad urged the government and trustees “not to disturb the sacred monument” or play with Dalit sentiments as there are fears that the new parking lot could damage the foundation of the massive Deekshabhoomi dome.
Local Dalit leaders expressed fear that the construction activities and excavation works could affect the stability of the dome (stupa) structure in the historical monument, which they would not allow.
On October 14, 1956, B.R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, along with more than 4 lakh Dalits embraced Buddhism at this place, where the world's largest hollow stupa was inaugurated in December 2011 by the then President K.R. Narayanan.
Even as opposition leaders Maha Vikas Aghadi criticized the government, Nagpur police and riot control police sent forces to the spot, issued appeals to maintain peace over megaphones and urged protesters to disperse from the spot, but few They paid attention.
Concerned about the possible political fallout of the upcoming Assembly elections, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday afternoon announced a stay on the parking project in the legislature.
Fadnavis said though the Deekshabhoomi Trust had approved the proposal and it was approved by the state government along with necessary funds, in view of public sentiments, the project has been put on hold until all views are taken into account.
The final decision will be taken unanimously by all interested parties, he added.
Top MVA leaders including Nitin Raut of Congress, Aditya Thackeray and Sushma Andhare of Shiv Sena (UBT), Jitendra Awhad of Nationalist Congress Party (SP) and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi president Prakash Ambedkar have attacked the state government for moving forward. the proposal without trusting Dalits and other stakeholders.
Prakash Ambedkar said that despite repeated objections raised for a long time, some of the trustees were adamant in going ahead with the project, although there were no demands for underground parking, adding that there could be commercial interests connected with it.
Aditya Thackeray said that whenever there are mega events, those underground facilities are closed for safety reasons.
Raut and Awhad urged the government and trustees “not to disturb the sacred monument” or play with Dalit sentiments as there are fears that the new parking lot could damage the foundation of the massive Deekshabhoomi dome.
Local Dalit leaders expressed fear that the construction activities and excavation works could affect the stability of the dome (stupa) structure in the historical monument, which they would not allow.
On October 14, 1956, B.R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, along with more than 4 lakh Dalits embraced Buddhism at this place, where the world's largest hollow stupa was inaugurated in December 2011 by the then President K.R. Narayanan.
