Protest in Satna over naming Dhawari stadium after mayor's father; scuffle with police outside civic office

A proposal to name the Dhawari cricket stadium in Satna after the late Shankar Prasad Tamrakar, father of Mayor Yogesh Tamrakar, was opposed on Thursday. Hundreds of people from the Royal Rajput Sangathan and Sarva Samaj reached the municipal corporation office at about 1:30 pm.

The protesters tried to break through the barricading and enter the office, and there was a scuffle with the police. Anticipating the protest, the police had put up barricades on the road leading to the office in advance. The main gate of the corporation was closed when the protesters arrived and tried to go in.

SDM (City) Rahul Siladia, CSP Manish Tripathi and police personnel were deployed at the spot. Denied entry, the protesters sat down outside the main gate and began shouting slogans.

The protesters are demanding that the stadium be named after the late former Chief Minister Arjun Singh. They say that Arjun Singh, as Union Human Resource Development Minister, gave the stadium to Satna. For that reason, according to the protesters, the stadium should be named after him.