Vadodara group booked for holding agitations against inflation

VADODARA: There was an interesting twist to the agitation organized by a city based group to oppose price rise. The group has been accused of violating Covid safety protocols during the programme.
The offence was registered on Sunday, but the organizers from the group ‘Team Revolution’ came to know of it only on Monday when they were called at the police station. The leader of the group Shwejal Vyas was arrested on Monday and he refused to take bail.
The group had organized the agitation on Sunday at the Jay Narayan Society in Gorwa to oppose the hike in milk prices. Earlier, it had also organized an agitation to condemn the rise in prices of petrol and diesel.
The group planned to give one bag of milk to a person who raised a slogan against price rise, two bags if the person showed a selfie with a corporator, three for a selfie with a MLA, five for one with CM and 10 if one was clicked with the PM. While police did not stop the event, it took action later.
Vyas said that sufficient safety measures were taken at the venue including following social distancing and hand sanitisation. The offence however mentions that the guidelines were not followed and a man Jignesh Nayak had also complained regarding this to the police.
Vyas said that Nayak had got 10 bags of milk and had complained later. “It is evident that he had been sent by persons from the ruling party. The offence is uncalled for and we will not take bail,” he said.
The group has also demanded an offence to be registered against BJP leaders in the city. It alleged that an event was held in Gorwa by the BJP in which Covid guidelines were violated.
“Why was the BJP event ignored? It was attended by top BJP officials in the city. We have submitted a complaint against it,” Vyas said.