Went for a dharna with a prayer to give some wisdom to BJP councilors: Mayor

JAIPUR: A day after a chaotic general body meeting with infighting among the Congress councilors coming to the fore, it was the mayor who took to the streets on Saturday to highlight the "injustice" meted out to her by the BJP councilors.
Spilling over the political drama on to the streets, mayor Jyoti Khanddelwal led a weak dharna against the BJP councilors only to be stopped by the police for doing so without the mandatory permission.Khandelwal staged a sit-in against the BJP councillors, who had created a ruckus during Friday's general body meeting over Khandelwal's prolonged absence from the office, at the Indira Gandhi Circle. Of the 26 councillors belonging to her party, only three came out in her support.
The dharna ended abruptly when the police dispersed Khandelwal and around 79 other people who were trying to reach Gandhi Circle from Indira Gandhi Circle along with 100 supporters.
The city police forced her into a vehicle and dropped her at the Kanota police station and disperse the crowd.
Additional DCP (East) Yogesh Dhadich said, "We dispersed the crowd under Section 129 of CrPC. We stopped them as they did not have the permission."
Khandelwal was supported by three councilors - Haji Ghulam Nabi, Manju Sharma and Sanjay Verma - in her protest.
Khandelwal, however, claimed that they were only going to pay homage and floral tribute to Gandhiji's statue. She said, "It was not wrong to pay floral tribute at Gandhiji's statue. We just wanted to pray at Gandhiji's statue and God to give the BJP councillors some wisdom. We were not going to give speeches there nor to sit on a dharna at the Gandhi Circle, but we were dispersed by police."
The mayor said she just wanted to send a message to the people against the BJP with the dharna.
The police also did not lodge any compliant against the protesters. Later in the evening, the mayor along with five councilors paid floral tribute after returning from Kanota.