Administrative Reasons ❌
Tiranga March ✅
They do not want the public to wave tiranga in the capital.
If they allow, it’ll be an insult to their forefathers who never believed in the Tiranga.
New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) issues a public notice announcing the closure of Central Park, Connaught Place, for the general public on October 16 and October 17, due to administrative reasons.
Jantar Mantar protest: Can’t ignore harassment to public
There is another aspect to the year-round protests that used to take place at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
The Home Ministry recently de-notified Jantar Mantar as the protest site and has declared three other places in Delhi as protest sites. Several hundred families have heaved a sigh of relief after this order.
They are those who have shops near Jantar Mantar and some have residences nearby. Show more These businessmen had been complaining that their trade had come to a standstill because of protests at Jantar Mantar.
The common people who either live near Jantar Mantar or pass through that place have been facing woes because of such protests. In democracy, every citizen has the right to protest.
But, if, in the name of protests, people occupy the place and spread anarchy, then such protests do not come within the ambit of democracy.
Who will decide where and how protests should be allowed? If protesters have to decide this, then they will have to take the responsibility to ensure that protests are peaceful and residents and traders in the vicinity are not subject to harassment.
If the right to protest is democratic, the fundamental rights of citizens must also be protected.