Govt employees get conditional permit for rally,venue changed

Ahmedabad Police on Saturday granted conditional permission to state government employees’ 6 December rally with conditions that the rally will remain government employees rally only and any political leader will not be allowed to participate in rally, and all Govt employees participating in rally will have to carry their identity card with them to prove that they are government employees.

The rally was earlier planned between Sardar Bag(Lal Darwaja) and Darpan char rasta(Naranpura). But now the rally has been shifted to Ahmedabad Education Society ground – Vastrapur Lake – GMDC ground route. Vehicles carrying participants of the rally will be parked near Sikh Gurudwara on SG Highway. Gujarat State Employees Coordination Committee has been permitted to hold public meeting on GMDC ground at the end of their rally.

The Police officials however reiterated that they have not granted Shankarsinh Vaghela’s Prabudh Nagrik Shakti Manch’s demand to hold a public meeting at the end of the rally.

Ahmedabad Police has called 2 companies of Rapid Action Force, 6 companies of State Reserve Police, 500 extra police jawans, 1 ladies SRP company, 50 Police Sub Inspectors, 27 Police Inspectors, 12 DySPs and 5 SPs to city on Sunday.

Shankarsinh Vaghela, Suresh Mehta and other Prabudh Nagarik Shakti Manch leaders were however spotted on GMDC ground on Saturday evening along with Vishnubhai Patel, a government employees union leader. Vaghela and Mehta were planning and discussing the arrangements for 6 December rally.