The border town of Rajaini and imposition of curfew and firing in: air by the police to curb communal violence which left one person dead and four seriously injured. Four shops and a scooter were burnt in a communal rioting which lasted two hours.
According to government the trouble started when a man dressed ‘as Bhairon (A Hindu god) in a traditional Holi Procession hit a person of another faith. The other version is that someone threw mud from the roof top. Police Chief is trying to restore peace.
Members of a certain faith in State Assembly staged a walk out on a reply by Agriculture Minister to a questioning in this regard.
But, remember, conscripts cannot be Activists; forced laborers cannot be soldiers; self-seekers cannot be leaders.
Article extracted from this publication >> March 31, 1989
