Cops hit brakes on ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ protest in Nagpur

Nagpur (PTI): The police on Monday stopped members of women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) on their way to the office of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, where they had planned to chant the ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ to draw his attention to their demands, an official said.

For the past week, women from Wardha who are part of SHGs have been demonstrating in Nagpur, the hometown of Dy CM Fadnavis, demanding the release of honorariums due to them, which they say have been withheld by the state government.

After they gave the protest call on Sunday, the city police beefed up security at the office of Fadnavis, who represents the Nagpur southwest Assembly constituency and is also the guardian minister of the Wardha district.