The Hindu : VHP activists create furore in Gujarat secretariat

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Wednesday, Jul 03, 2002

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VHP activists create furore in Gujarat secretariat

By Our Special Correspondent

GANDHINAGAR JULY 2. Activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad created a furore in the Gujarat secretariat here today when they forced their entry into the building with "trishuls'' (tridents) ignoring the security staff's advice to deposit them in the cloak room.

About half-a-dozen VHP activists along with an equal number of "sadhus'' from Dhrangadhra in Surendranagar district — the Assembly constituency of the Urban Development Minister, I.K. Jadeja — came to the secretariat to call on him this afternoon.

Two of the activists carried tridents. They were stopped by the security staff at the entrance and told to deposit the tridents in the cloakroom as part of the security drill being followed in the high-risk zone. The activists refused to heed the advice and entered into a heated argument with the security staff claiming that tridents were part of the Hindu religious tradition and accused the security officials of "not being true Hindus.'' The activists forced their entry in the high security zone.

Later, talking to presspersons, Mr. Jadeja said he had reprimanded the activists for creating the ruckus.

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