Seers start foot march to Delhi, demand withdrawal of cases
HARIDWAR: A group of seers associated with Dharma Sansad started a foot march on Sunday from Haridwar to Delhi to pressing their the demand for the release of Jitendra Narayan Tyagi (formerly Wasim Rizvi) who is in jail after his arrest in the hate speech case.
The have plans to stage a protest at Rajghat in the second week of March seeking withdrawal of hate speech cases, the seers said.
Led by Yogi Gyannath and Mahamandaleshwar of Shri Panchdashnam Juna Akhada Swami Yati Narsinghanand, seers said that they will start an indefinite agitation adjacent Gandhi statue at Gandhi Samadhi in Delhi next month.
After performing Maa Baghalmukhi yagna at Sarvanand Ganga Ghat, seers started their on foot journey for Delhi.
Seers said that this is a symbolic foot march and they will stage protest at Gandhi Samadhi for withdrawal of legal cases lodged against Tyagi, former Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board chairperson, and other saints in Dharma Sansad row.
“We will also highlight the plight of Hindus and threat of Islami jihadi extremism through our protest.
As we fear violence and threat to participating people we have not allowed citizens and activists to be part of the foot march and agitation .Only seers are taking part as we don’t want non-seers to be targeted or framed in legal cases,” said Yati Narsinghanand.
“Ours is a non-violent mode of agitation. Seers has a major role to play in safeguarding interests of Sanatan Dharma and potent threat to it from extremists and those for sake of vote bank politics are silent over seers being targeted and framed legally,” said Swami Amritanand.
AFTER PERFORMING MAA BAGHALMUKHI YAGNA AT SARVANAND GANGA GHAT, SEERS STARTED THEIR ON FOOT JOURNEY FOR DELHI.