www.expressindia.com - Weather | Horoscope | Stocks | RSS
expressindia web city
HomeBlogsCricketAstrologyShopping TendersClassifieds Opinions Jobs Hotels
Sign In / Register | Archive
Expressindia » Story

Wall of protest: Religious lines blur in bandh against ashram boys’ death

Font Size

Parimal Dabhi

Posted: Jul 22, 2008 at 0513 hrs IST

Ahmedabad, July 21 Life comes to a standstill as protest unites residents of Walled City

Religious differences receded to the backburner in the walled city area of Ahmedabad on Monday, where local shop owners kept their shutters down to support the statewide bandh in protest against the Sant Asaram Bapu Ashram.

Life came to a standstill in Jamalpur, Gandhi Road, Ratan Pol, Manek Chowk, Kalupur, Khadia, Panch Kuva and Dariapur in the area. The response was, however, mixed in the more "developed" parts of the city like Satellite, Ashram Road and Maninagar.

Yusuf Shaikh from Jamalpur, who deals in air-conditioners, said he had not seen such a groundswell of support for a non-community cause in the area before. "This is unprecedented. Generally, people in the walled city remain untouched by the problems in the new western Ahmedabad. But this time, they voluntarily closed their shops in support of the families (who lost their children) residing in Nirnaynagar," he said.

Shaikh further said: "A child has no religion or caste. People have observed the bandh to send a clear message that anybody involved in it will have to face the collective wrath of the people irrespective of their area and religion."

Many incidents of stone pelting and burning of effigies of Asaram Bapu were reported from areas like Shahpur, Bapunagar and Gomtipur. Gomtipur, a Muslim-dominated area, wore a deserted look, while in Bapunagar, a mob ransacked an extension centre of the Asaram Ashram at Hardas Nagar and burnt the stationery kept there.

Discuss this story on expressindia forums
Post Comments
Name* Email ID*
Subject* Country*
Message*
Characters remaining
 
TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s).
I agree to the terms of use.

Latest News

Business

Showbiz

Sports

SC notice to Centre on Delhi HC verdict on gay sex

China objected to ADB funds for Arunachal: Krishna to RS

Top guns to sit on AI advisory board

We know talks are important, but end violence first: India to Pak

CBI waiting in the wings as CID investigates Ranbir's 'murder'

Varun security issue: Sushma not happy with PC's briefing

Hooch Tragedy: Death toll climbs to 86, bootleggers detained

More
© 2009 The Indian Express Limited. All rights reserved
The Indian Express Group | Advertise With Us | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Work With Us | Site Map