10, Feb 2016

The Dharma Jagran Manch (DJM), which is leading the campaign, said Tuesday’s ‘satyagrah’ outside the shrine was in protest against the administration’s refusal to relax security measures.
Written by Milind Ghatwai
Bhopal Published:Feb 10, 2016, 0:44
Three days before Basant Panchami, Hindu outfits kept the administration on tenterhooks by praying outside the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula’s mosque in Dhar town Tuesday. This was the first time since 2003 that prayers were offered outside.
The Dharma Jagran Manch (DJM), which is leading the campaign, said Tuesday’s ‘satyagrah’ outside the shrine was in protest against the administration’s refusal to relax security measures. The DJM had asked the administration to reduce the barricading, remove barricades on the roof and ensure that devotees were spared the circuitous route to return to the place meant for keeping their footwear.
“The administration did not agree to our demand so we shifted the event outside for the first time in 13 years. If the administration and the government allow namaz on Basant Panchami we will not enter the shrine at all on February 12,’’ DJM convener Gopal Sharma told The Indian Express.