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Bihar government bans RSS training camp in Gaya

Anand Mohan Sahay in Patna

Bihar government has banned a training camp of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Gaya town in view of the communal tension across the country following riots in Gujarat.

Gaya town is considered as one of the communally sensitive areas of the state.

"The ban order was issued by district magistrate Brajesh Mehrotra in view of the communal tension prevailing following the violence in Gujarat," Bihar police sources said.

The district administration has imposed prohibitory orders under section 144 in Gaya district, apart from banning all religious meetings.

The RSS activists of Gaya, Patna, Bhojpur and Aurangabad districts were to participate in the camp, which was scheduled to start on Tuesday.

According to state home secretary, U N Panjiyar, the Bihar government has imposed a 'blanket ban' on religious congregations, meetings, demonstrations and rallies in the state.

Sources said that the RSS was planning to hold a four-day training camp for its cadres in the town. In the wake of communal tension, the district administration first requested the RSS leaders to postpone the camp, but when the RSS leaders did not pay any heed the request, the district administration issued an order to stop the camp.

However, RSS leaders argued that the district administration has violated its own rule, because the proposed RSS camp had nothing to do with the Ayodhya issue.

The regional general secretary of the RSS, Kishori Mohan Bageshwar Singh, said that RSS was not a religious organisation, but a social organisation.

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