Pune Police Denies Permission for Event to Organiser of 2017 Elgar Parishad, Cites Covid-19
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Pune police has denied permission for an event that retired judge B G Kolse-Patil, one of the organisers of the December 2017 Elgar Parishad, had planned to hold in the city, a senior official said on Wednesday. Kolse-Patil had sought to organize a cultural event at Ganesh Kala Krida Manch on December 31.
"We have denied permission in view of the COVID-19 restrictions and law and order situation," said city police commissioner Amitabh Gupta. Kolse-Patil in his letter seeking permission had stated that the event would be about keeping democracy, freedom and Constitution "unrestrained".