Vinayaka Chathurthi rallies allowed in Chennai

By Our Tamil Nadu Bureau

CHENNAI, AUG. 23. The Chief Minister, Ms.Jayalalithaa, has granted permission for various Hindu outfits to take out Vinayaka Chathurthi processions in the city. The processions are being taken out on August 25, 26, 31 and September 2.

The Chief Minister told presspersons today that the decision was taken after the organisers gave an undertaking that there would be no violence. Earlier, she held discussions with senior government officials, including the Chief Secretary.

Representatives of various Hindu outfits met the City Police Commissioner, Mr. K. Muthukaruppan, and assured him that there would be no violence.

``No permission is required for religious processions'', Mr.Rama Gopalan, State organiser, Hindu Munnani, told reporters earlier at Vellore today. He said that as per the law, there was no need to obtain permission for marriage, funeral and religious processions.

The State organiser of Shiv Sena, Mr. G. Radhakrishnan, who earlier threatened to take out the procession despite the ban, welcomed the government decision. Banning the procession would have hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindus, he argued, giving the assurancethat the public would not be put to any hardship.

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