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Ramgarh: Girls’ Islamic Organization (GIO) and Bajrang Dal separately protested Valentine’s Day celebrations on Thursday. Zareen Fatima, district unit president of GIO, said, “Valentine’s Day is a Western culture and has no place in India. A team of Bajrang Dal activists on visited Brigadier Puri Park and various other places and raised slogans against Valentine’s Day.Anand Pandey, co-convener of Bajrang Dal who led Valentine’s Day protest in Ramgarh, said that they would not accept Western practices as part of the Indian tradition and culture. Both protests were peaceful and no untoward incidents took place.On Wednesday evening, GIO took out a rally in Ramgarh town with placards saying ‘Save Indian culture, avoid Western culture’. He said, “We appeal to the youngsters not to destroy our rich cultural heritiage.”.