{"id":20689,"date":"2012-12-23T09:16:46","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T15:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drishtikone.com\/?p=20689"},"modified":"2012-12-23T09:16:46","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T15:16:46","slug":"violence-and-political-intrigue-at-india-gate-as-gangrape-protest-turns-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2012\/12\/violence-and-political-intrigue-at-india-gate-as-gangrape-protest-turns-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Violence and Political Intrigue at India Gate as Gangrape Protest turns wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>India Gate was ground zero today, as the protesters were treated badly. Lathi charged and attacked. There could be many reasons. But one of the reason maybe that IAC, Arvind Kejriwal\u2019s party and even BJP came over to support the efforts. \u00a0And in that the Government saw trouble.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hooligans and some political elements on Sunday hijacked the peaceful protests in the Capital over the gang-rape of a young girl resulting in violence and attacks against public property and police which retaliated with teargas and water cannons that led to injuries to persons on both sides.<\/p>\n<p>Police said one additional DCP, an ACP and a constable were seriously injured in the violence as protests at the Central Vista entered the third day prompting clamping of prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC in New Delhi district banning the assembly of four or more persons, The Vista is the 3-km broad avenue from India Gate that leads to Raisina hill where the PMO, Rastrapati Bhawan and Home Ministry among other offices are located. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/India-news\/NewDelhi\/Delhi-gangrape-violence-at-India-Gate-cops-say-public-sentiments-hijacked\/Article1-979832.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">link<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"no-eff img-link lightbox decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/?attachment_id=20691\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20691\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20691\" alt=\"Delhi\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com.S3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/sites\/356\/2012\/12\/Delhi.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><br>\nWhile I support the efforts of AAP and BJP to support the protesters. \u00a0After all, that is what the opposition SHOULD have done anyway. \u00a0But it is the influx of goons that has vitiated the atmosphere. \u00a0Now, these goons could have been from any where. \u00a0It is not entire\u00a0inconceivable\u00a0to imagine that that seeing BJP and AAP support the protesters, Congress would have sent its own goons \u2013 after all who better uses them \u2013 to spoil the party. \u00a0So, all those who are reacting to the goons @ Indian Gate are very naive.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Aam Aadmi Party\u2019s Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia sat on a dharna near Hyderabad House on Ashoka Road, close to India Gate. The youth outfit of BJP also took part in the protests.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Pictures from India Gate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"no-eff img-link lightbox decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/?attachment_id=20692\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20692\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20692\" alt=\"A demonstrator breaks the windshield of a police vehicle as others shout slogans in front of the India Gate during a protest in New Delhi\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com.S3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/sites\/356\/2012\/12\/Protest2312.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"365\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"no-eff img-link lightbox decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/?attachment_id=20693\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20693\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20693\" alt=\"Delhi8\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com.S3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/sites\/356\/2012\/12\/Delhi8.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"no-eff img-link lightbox decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/?attachment_id=20694\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20694\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20694\" alt=\"Delhi6\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com.S3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/sites\/356\/2012\/12\/Delhi6.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"no-eff img-link lightbox decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/?attachment_id=20695\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20695\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20695\" alt=\"Delhi2\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com.S3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/sites\/356\/2012\/12\/Delhi2.jpg\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here is a picture of the Indian Gate last night.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"no-eff img-link lightbox decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/?attachment_id=20690\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20690\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20690\" alt=\"IndiaGate\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com.S3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/sites\/356\/2012\/12\/IndiaGate.png\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShivAroor\/status\/282837407940898816\/photo\/1\/large\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Shiv Aroor<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px;height: 15px\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a decorated-link\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none;float: right\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"https:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_g.png?x-id=541cd744-0b36-4915-ba1a-f41f40c123f2\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India Gate was ground zero today, as the protesters were treated badly. Lathi charged and attacked. There could be many reasons. But one of the reason maybe that IAC, Arvind Kejriwal\u2019s party and even BJP came over to support the efforts. \u00a0And in that the Government saw trouble. Hooligans and some political elements on Sunday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1517,"featured_media":20696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,57,82],"tags":[371,989,1607,4872,1646,2138,2456,2825],"class_list":["post-20689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","category-politics","category-women_s_rights","tag-arvind-kejriwal","tag-delhi","tag-hyderabad-house","tag-india","tag-india-gate","tag-manish-sisodia","tag-new-delhi","tag-raisina-hill","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Violence and Political Intrigue at India Gate as Gangrape Protest turns wild<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"India Gate was ground zero today, as the protesters were treated badly. 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