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SMITA GUPTA / The Hindu.
Policemen detain supporters of Baba Ramdev outside the Ramlila grounds in New Delhi on Sunday morning - PTI.
On a day when the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued notice to the government seeking reports within two weeks on the early morning crackdown on Baba Ramdev's supporters on the Ramlila Grounds here on Sunday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described the episode as “unfortunate” but justified it, saying there was “no alternative.”
In his first comments on the episode here, Dr. Singh told journalists: “It is unfortunate that the operation had to be conducted, but quite honestly, there was no alternative.” He was speaking on the sidelines of a function organised by the Hindi daily Rajasthan Patrika while responding to questions on the much-criticised police action on the Ramlila Grounds.
Earlier in the day, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad sought to separate the negotiations that had taken place last week between the government's representatives and Baba Ramdev and the police action. At a media briefing at the Indian Women's Press Corps, he said the two issues were different and eviction was a law and order issue.
Without going into the details of who has started it all, its not simple as our Government leaders would want us to believe. If that a violation of permission to conduct yoga classes for just 5,000 which swelled to 50,000 and could grow to a 1,00,000 in a few days, this violation of permit can be revoked and Ramdev to be asked to vacate the space along with supporters at the ground-zero.
No such notice was given, allowing them reasonable time, lets say atleast 24 hours to vacate the ground.
If Ramdev and his supporters refused to vacate the space, only then some form of force might have been required to be used.
And there is absolutely no justification of a mid-Night swoop and using tear gas and Lathi-Charge on sleeping innocents at 1.05 AM.
Its truly the 'Mayhem of the Miserables'.
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