Rally postponed not out of fear, but to ensure peace: Saini
Parvesh Sharma
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 27
Kurukshetra MP Raj Kumar Saini has said the decision to postpone his Rohtak rally by a day was taken, not out of fear, but to ensure peace in the state.
The rally will now be held on Sunday at the new grain market in Rohtak.
Had Saini went ahead with his rally, Rohtak would have witnessed two rallies on Saturday — the other one was by the Akhil Bharatiya Jat Aarakshan Samiti.
Intelligence reports suggested law and order problem in case of two rallies on the same day.
The threat of disturbance by “outsiders” still looms on the Sunday’s rally, intelligence inputs say. “We have made all arrangements to deal with anyone trying to create problem during the rally,” Saini told The Tribune today.
“All we want is peace in the state. We have never taken a step that creates problems. That was the reason behind postponing Saturday’s rally. During today’s rally by Jats, our supporters did not create any problem. We expect the same from organisers,” the BJP MP said.
On the rally’s agenda, the MP said reservation to several communities would be discussed, but it was not the main issue, as was being projected by his opponents.
“We want equal rights for all communities. Our fight is not against any community, but for economically weaker sections of society,” Saini added.
