Hindu anger made Delhi jails overflow with Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh
Samiti protestors. They launched the Jail Bharo agitation. Over a lakh
people courted arrest on a single day in Delhi. They included top
political leaders, RSS pracharaks, women and children. It was a joint
protest of all Hindu organisations to extend support to the month-old
Amarnath Shrine Board agitation in Jammu.
There are reports of similar protests from other parts of the
country also. Thousands of protestors including BJP, RSS, VHP and
Bajrang Dal activists courted arrest in Ahmedabad on August 21. RSS
Prant Sanghachalak Shri Amritbhai Kariwala and Swami Akhileshananda
Maharaj led the agitation.
Carrying the tri-colours and saffron flags the agitators in
Delhi declared on August 21 that they are ready for any kind of
sacrifice for Baba Amarnath. The countrywide Jail Bharo Andolan under
the banner of Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti will continue till