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Mumbai: The Maharashtra police and the Warkari followers got involved in an altercation Sunday when the devotees took out an annual procession in Pune to Pandharpur ahead of the auspicious occasion of Ashadi Ekadashi.  Maharashtra Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis refuted the claims of lathi charge, while the opposition parties smelled an opening to attack the nearly one-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena government. “There was no lathi charge on the Warkari community. We learnt (our lessons) from last year’s stampede-like situation at the same place (Alandi) and tried giving fewer entry passes to various groups. It was decided to issue 75 passes to each group that participated in the pilgrimage. However around 400-500 young warkaris wanted to enter the temple and they broke the barricade. This is when police tried to stop them,” Fadnavis said Sunday in Nagpur. “In this incident, even some police personnel were injured.” Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) spokesperson Sanjay Raut was quick to attack the Eknath Shinde-led coalition government, saying that “Mughals have reincarnated in Maharashtra”. अरे अरे.. हिंदूत्ववादी सरकारचे ढोंग उघडे पडले.. मुखवटे गळून पडले..औरंगजेब यापेक्षा वेगळे काय वागत होता?वारकऱ्यांचा हिंदू आक्रोश सरकार असा à¤...

Mumbai: Warkari devotees on way to a temple in Pandharpur were allegedly lathicharged by the Maharashtra police in Pune district on Sunday. This is the first time Warkaris -- devotees of the Lord Vithoba, a form of Lord Krishna -- have been subjected to police action in the state. Sources indicated that the devotees had got into an argument with the police during the procession. The altercation took place during entry into the Shree Kshetra temple of Alandi town -- 22 km from Pune city -- for a ceremony. Police sources said they had resorted to mild lathicharge to control the overwhelming number of devotees. The rules to allow only 75 members to enter the premises but instead, around 400 people were trying to forcibly enter the temple. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis denied allegations of lathicharge and called it a "minor scuffle". "There was no lathicharge on the Warkari community," Mr Fadnavis told reporters in Nagpur. "We learned from the last year's stampede-like situation at the same place (Alandi) and tried giving fewer entry passes to various groups. It was decided to issue 75 passes to each group that participate in the pilgrimage," Mr Fadnavis, who handles the Home portfolio, was quoted as saying by news agency Press Trust of India. He said around 500 people insisted that they would participate in the pilgrimage and won't follow the decision on the restricted allotment of the entry pass. "They broke the barricades and the police tried to stop them, during...

WATCH: Scuffle breaks out between warkaris, police during a procession in Pune district A scuffle broke out between warkaris and police during a procession in Maharashtra's Pune district on Sunday, with the opposition parties claiming that police lathicharged warkaris and demanded a high-level probe and strict action into the incident Elgar case: Arrested activists being denied medical treatment, claim family members Pune Police constable beautifully sings 'Desh Mere' from Ajay Devgn's Bhuj; wins hearts Refuting the Opposition claims, Vinoy Kumar Choubey, Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner, said, “Some local youths tried to forcibly enter the Palkhi procession, leading to an altercation with the police. No lathi charge or force was used by the police against them.” The incident took place when devotees were scrambling to gain entry into Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj Samadhi Mandir in Alandi town, 22 km from Pune city, during the ceremonial procession which is part of the annual Ashadhi Ekadashi pilgrimage to Pandharpur. Police had made elaborate arrangements and held meetings with temple trustees to prevent any untoward incident, said Choubey. While the police were sending batches of 75 devotees at a time, a few people breached the barricades and tried to enter the temple, he said. “There was an altercation when police tried to stop them,” Choubey said but refuted allegations that police lathi-charged warkaris. The issue took a political turn with opposition NCP and Congress ...

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