Bhim Army demands release of its top leaders

Delhi | Sunday | 25th August, 2019

Summary:

NEW DELHI: The Bhim Army has threatened a mass movement against the Narendra Modi government if their top leaders, Chandrashekhar and Vinay Ratan, were not released immediately. Chandrashekhar and the other Bhim Army leaders were arrested on August 21 in Delhi while protesting against the demolition of the Sant Ravidas temple. Agitated Bhim Army workers met the Additional District Magistrate (City), Mahendra Kumar Singh, and handed over a memorandum addressed to Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath. Pradhan claimed that the Modi government was shielding behind the Supreme Court order and trying to hurt the image of their gods and goddesses. The DDA had demolished the temple at Tughlaqabad on August 10 following a Supreme Court order..