Satyagraha organized at Jantar Mantar to save Gandhi-JP's legacy, Congress-AAP gave support
Satyagrah: In this Satyagraha organized at Jantar Mantar, a memorandum was given to the President giving details of the entire incident. It has been demanded that a judicial inquiry be conducted into the Sarva Seva Sangh case, and the officers and persons found guilty should be punished. At the same time, this historical legacy of Gandhian thought should be returned to the Sarva Seva Sangh along with compensation.
A day-long Dhyanakarshan Satyagraha was held at Jantar Mantar on Monday against the government's illegal occupation of the Sarva Seva Sangh premises situated at Rajghat in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, and demolition of buildings. The Satyagraha was held to protest the act of the government. It was attended by Gandhians and representatives of mass movements from all over the country. It was held to mark the completion of one year of illegal occupation by the government.
The agitators who participated in the Satyagraha said that a year ago, the railway administration in Varanasi had vacated the Rajghat complex established under the inspiration of Acharya Vinoba Bhave, and the Gandhi Vidya Sansthan, a world-class research center built with the efforts of Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan. After this, they were demolished illegally. The top officials of Banaras also spread the lie that Sarva Seva Sangh had occupied the railway land. Whereas Sarva Seva Sangh had purchased 12.89 acres of land from Northern Railway through three deeds in 1960, 1961, and 1970. The name of Sarva Seva Sangh was also mentioned in the revenue records- Khatauni for decades. In December 2020, the then District Magistrate forcefully occupied a part of the land of this complex and gave it to a construction company in Gujarat to build its workshop.
A memorandum addressed to the President, outlining the whole incident, was presented in this Satyagraha held at Jantar Mantar. It has demanded a judicial inquiry into the Sarva Seva Sangh case and the officers and persons found guilty should be punished. At the same time, this historic legacy of Gandhi's thought has to be returned to the Sarva Seva Sangh along with compensation.
Sarva Seva Sangh President Chandan Pal said that various programs are being organized under Sankalp Satyagraha across the country from 22 July to 12 August against this injustice of the government. In this regard, the state and district Sarvodaya Mandals have been directed. Announcing the upcoming programs, he said that a 100-day Satyagraha will be run in front of the Rajghat complex from Vinoba Jayanti on 11 September 2024 against the demolition of the Rajghat complex established by Acharya Vinoba Bhave, the first Satyagrahi of the freedom struggle and the pioneer of the Sarvodaya movement, and for the construction of this historical heritage. There will be the participation of state and district Sarvodaya Mandals, various public organizations, farmers' organizations, and other social-political institutions.
In today's program Bharat Jodo Abhiyan's Yogendra Yadav, Vijay Pratap, Vijay Mahajan, renowned Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan, ADR's Jagdeep Chhokar, CFD President SR Hiremath, Ramsharan Das, farmer leader Dr. Sunilm and Congress Party's Digvijay Singh and Jairam Ramesh, RJD MP Sudhakar Singh, Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh, Dharmveer Gandhi, Samajwadi Party's Ramji Lal Suman, former MLC from Lucknow Vindhyavasini Kumar and many other MPs also reached Jantar Mantar and joined the Satyagraha and extended their support.
