Nagpur, Nov 16: The Nagpur session court has issued notices to Sarsanghchalak of RSS chief Dr Mohan Bhagwat and its Vyavastha Pramukh along with Kotwali police station asking them all to file replies on a petition challenging the use of wooden sticks (lathis) in their programmes.
During various programmes, the RSS organises path-sanchalan, where lathis are openly displayed by hundreds of volunteers.
During one such training session held on May 28 this year, around 700 volunteers of RSS had participated in path-sanchalan with lathis on their shoulders.
Mohnish Jabalpure, a resident of Mahal in Nagpur, had filed a petition in the court challenging the use and display of lathis during RSS programmes.
Under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, Jabalpure had sought information about the rules under which police grants permission for path-sanchalan.
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