DM Monitoring
LUCKNOW: A group of social activists campaigning for the ‘Right to Public Health’ was attacked in Lucknow by a mob of miscreants, allegedly sympathisers of the ruling dispensation.
Naujawan Bharat Sabha and Stri Mukti League jointly launched a statewide campaign, ‘Right to Public Health’, for demanding nationalisation of health services as well as food and shelter for the poor during the entire lockdown. On Monday morning, three social activists, including a woman, were pasting posters and distributing pamphlets about their mission in the Hasanganj locality.
When social activists Anupam, Avinash and Rupa were distributing pamphlets, some locals allegedly tried to stop them. They not only accused them of misleading the public, but also charged them with putting up “pro-Muslim” posters near a temple. The activists apprised the locals about their mission and substantiated their claim by showing their pamphlets which were clearly in public interest. Even after that the locals began to label them as ‘urban naxals’. When the social activists sought to refute their baseless charge, the mob turned violent and started beating them up. The lone woman activist alleged that a man from the mob twisted her hand and used foul language against her.
