The Mahapanchayat, an anti-Muslim gathering called by Hindutva groups in Purola town in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district did not take place on Thursday.
The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday will be hearing a petition seeking to stop the Hindutva groups’ mahapanchayat proposed to be held in Purola town amidst rising anti-Muslim tensions.
The prolonged protest by top Indian wrestlers against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over the harassment of women wrestlers is set to complete a month but their demands fell on deaf ears.
Farmers' unions began their mahapanchayat in Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Monday to protest against unemployment and demand the implementation of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) as a legal guarantee.
Family members of the farmers who were killed in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur last month joined the Kisan Mahapanchayat at Eco Garden in Lucknow on Monday.
"I was made to stand for four hours with my hands folded during the mahapanchayat and threatened that my child would be killed if he returned to the village," Bala Devi, the Dalit woman told a fact-finding team of the National Confederation of Human Rights Orgnisations (NCHRO).