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Dr.H.S.Chandalia
Udaipur. A Protest March against violence of all kinds including mob lynching, terrorism, violence by state against Adivasis and activists, violence against peasants by the state policy of indifference etc was taken out in Udaipur on 18th July from town hall to the Collectorate with the participants carrying placards and banners having slogans to root out all kind of violence in the name of religion, politics and cow. The call for the Protest March was given by the intellectuals of the town including academicians , journalists and activists. The idea that massive violent activities in the name of religion particularly by Hindutva Brigade was not acceptable to Hindu Society and so the nationwide movement of "Not in My Name" , was represented in Udaipur by this Protest March.
The Protest March began at 11.am from the town Hall and the protestors marched silently carrying the placards through Surajpole, Bapu Bazar, Delhi Gate and reached the office of the collector where a small meeting was organized. The placards had the slogans like "Atankwad Murdabad", " Gauraksha ke Naam par Hinsa Band Karo", " samvai dhanik moolyon ki raksha karo", " Bol Ki Lub Azad hein Tere", " Sampradayikta murdabad", " Jaativaad Murdabad" etc. The Protest March was led by a volunteer carrying the national flag. Addressing the meeting Journalist Himmat Seth said that the violence committed in the name of the majority could not be accepted since those perpetrating violence do not represent them in any way. He said that all types of violence should be opposed be it the attack on Amarnath pilgrims or the peasants in Mandsour, be it the killing of innocents in the name of cow protection or be it the lynching of leaders of the poor slum dwellers in the name of freedom from ODF.
Prof. H.S.Chandalia said that the lynching by mob is not arbitrary. The perpetrators of violence have an ideology and are patronized by the ruling class. He said that suppressing the voice of writers, journalists and activists is also violence which needs to be opposed. Dr.S.P. Singh said that the violence of the mob is a sign of the failure of law and order. The state has information about all this but the state machinery has failed to stop violence. Former MLA and CPI leader Meghraj Tawar said that the BJP and its front organizations are involved in the violence to threaten the people and force them to accept what they say. Former administratie officer Shanker Lal Chaudhary, Prof. Sudha Chaudhary, Dr. C.D.Ola, Engineer S.L.Godawat, Social Scientist Shanti Lal Bhandari, Advocate Ramesh Nandwana, Research Scholar Mohammad Hussain Dayar, Mohammad Siddiqi, CITU General Secretary Shamsher Singh Nandwani, Munawwar Khan, Ashwini Paliwal from Ashtha Sansthan, Dr.Veena Dwivedi, Dr. L.R. Jat , Comrade Mahesh Sharma, Advocate Subhash Shrimali, well known poet Abid Adeeb, Secretary of CPI(M) Mohan Lal Khokhawat, comrade Heera Lal Salvi, Narendra Joshi, Prakash Bharati of AAP , and other nearlt one hundred people participated in the Protest March.

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