1500 cops with water cannons take position for Mevani's Delhi rally
January 09, 2018  12:34
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Heavy security has been deployed ahead of Dalit leader and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani's 'Yuva Hunkar Rally', to be held in Delhi's Parliament Street today. NDTV reports that Jantar Mantar, where protest rallies are normally held, turned into a fortress this morning as nearly 1,500 police and paramilitary personnel, armed with tear gas and 10 water cannons, took up position to foil the youth rally.


Mevani and his supporters were reported to be going ahead with the rally despite Delhi police denying permission for the event.


The rally is being held against central government's inability to create employment and increasing right-wing violence. Delhi Commissioner of Police yesterday tweeted that the authorities had advised the organisers to shift the rally to an alternate site.  -- ANI
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