Date: November 4th 2008

From: IBN Live date: 04.11.08


Published on Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 14:59, Updated on Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 18:09 in Nation section

New Delhi: The Maharashtrian-North Indian standoff in Mumbai has spilled on to the streets of Delhi.


A group of 20 youths, reportedly from Bihar, attacked Maharashtra Sadan in the capital on Monday.


The Rashtrawadi Sena has claimed responsibility for the attack.


The youths were protesting attacks on North Indians in Maharashtra. The mob ransacked the reception of the building and raised slogans against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray.


Deputy Commissioner of Police Anand Mohan said that the situation was brought under control soon. However, no one has been arrested.


A journalist, Balasaheb Ambekar working a regional language paper in Maharashtra, Jivhala, said that the guards couldn't stop the attackers.


"The security guards tried to stop them but couldn't. They all looked like bouncers and they went on a rampage," Ambekar said.


'The US and the international community is gradually realising that resolution of the Kashmir issue is essential for peace in South Asia,' People's League acting chairman Mukhtar Ahmad Waza said.


'I welcome the growing interest of Obama in resolving the Kashmir problem,' he said in a statement in Srinagar .

He also welcomed United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's statement calling for resolving the Kashmir issue.

Mahaz-e-Azadi chief Mir Mohammad Iqbal also welcomed Obama's remarks and said 'it is high time the issue shall be settled amicably.'


G N Waseem, another senior People's League leader, while hailing Obama's remarks, demanded release of separatist leaders arrested, mostly under the Public Safety Act, in the run-up to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly poll.

The American presidential frontrunner recently said the US should try to facilitate a better understanding between India and Pakistan and help resolve the Kashmir issue.



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