Protest march against Sabarmati Ashram redevelopment reaches Gujarat from Maharashtra
The Hindu
‘Would not allow the Centre and the State government to "defile" the Mahatma's memorial’
A protest march against the planned that started in Sevagram in Wardha in Maharashtra reached Ahmedabad in Gujarat on Saturday after covering a distance of around 800 kilometres.
The protesters, comprising some 50 Gandhians who had gathered at Gujarat Vidyapith in Ahmedabad, said they would not allow the Centre and the State government to "defile" the Mahatma's memorial through this .
The protest march will formally conclude at the Sabarmati Ashram here on Sunday morning with a prayer meet.
Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday (November 23, 2024) said the landslide victory of the Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election was historic, and that it reflected people’s mindset across the country. She added that the DMK would be unseated from power in the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and that the BJP would be the reason for it.