Delhi Police Gave Permission to Host Rally with 'Goli Maaro' Slogan?

New Delhi, February 2, 2020:

Somewhat shockingly, it has come to light that the Delhi Police might just have given permission to a person to conduct a rally with the slogan Goli maaro saalo ko, desh ke gaddaron ko (Shoot the traitors of this country).

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Saket Gokhale, an activist, posted on social media that the Delhi Police granted him permission to host a rally in the national capital with the controversial slogan, a claim that has, since, been denied by the Delhi police.

Gokhale said that after first granting permission, the Delhi Police later “requested” him to move the protest to after 8 February, the day Delhi goes to vote for the Assembly polls.

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Taking to Twitter, the activist, who had apparently wanted to expose the normalization of the goli maaro slogan, wrote, "The

 

" data-mentioned-user-id="1850705408" data-scribe="element:mention">@DelhiPolice has, shockingly, granted me permission to hold a rally chanting “desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maaro saalon ko.” The permission was given to me today when I visited Parliament St. Police Station. This chant now, it seems, has state sanction."

 

Later, responding to this, the DCP of New Delhi wrote, "It is hereby clarified that no permission to hold a protest on 02.02.2020 has been given to Sh.Saket Gokhale. A copy of his request letter is being circulated in the social media as permission, which is not the case."

 

However, Saket responded again, and said that the Police had indeed given him permission to host the rally.

 

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