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No dress code warnings for Taj Mahal
visitors
Friday October 26, 2012 02:32:03 PM,
IANS
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Agra:
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and troopers guarding the
Taj Mahal had been told not to bar people unless they were
specific orders to do so, an official said Friday, defusing
tensions that arose after women wearing Ram Navami stoles were
stopped at the entrance of the monument.
Trouble had been brewing since Tuesday when Central Industrial
Security Force (CISF) personnel stopped the group of women at the
entrance to the 17th century mausoleum. The women were told to
deposit their dupattas at the counter if they wanted to see the
Taj Mahal.
This led to hundreds of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, led
by MP Ram Shankar Katheria, Thursday demonstrating at the eastern
gate of the Taj Mahal and demanding action against the guards. The
Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad also demonstrated outside
the ASI office.
Trouble ended after a formal complaint was made against the CISF
personnel.
"The matter has now been resolved. We have asked the CISF and the
ASI not to stop people unless they had specific orders or
directions from the headquarters. They should seek clarifications
on this issue.
"India is culturally so diverse and is a secular country. People
can wear anything and present themselves in myriad colours, if
they so choose," Arun Prakash, additional district magistrate,
told IANS.
A senior CISF official added that the carrying of banners or any
publicity material inside the mausoleum was forbidden and
therefore security personnel stopped the women who were sporting
saffron Ram Navami dupattas.
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