Kirori Lal Meena, tribal leader and M.P from Dausa was detained at Kherwada by the Udaipur Police while he was on his way to meet tribals at Bichiwada.

Kirori Lal was taken back to Udaipur in the evening from where he sent back to Delhi by the evening flight after he had missed his train.

On reaching Udaipur in the evening, Meena was informed that the police had lathi-charged his supporters from Kherwada, who had jammed the national highway in protest against the detention of their leader.

To express his resentment, Meena started walking from the City Railway Station to the office of the Divisional Commissioner at Mohta Park where he held a meeting with Dr. Subodh Kumar, Divisional Commissioner and discussed the police action at Kherwada, which Subodh Kumar clearly denied, saying that there was no such action taken by the police.

According to sources, Kirori Lal Meena arrived in Udaipur on the night of 17^th March and stayed at Hotel Kajri of RTDC where he also conducted a casual press meet on 18^th morning and discussed his planned visit to the Bichiwada tribal belt, to meet the tribals who were agitating against the terms of TAT (Teacher’s Aptitude Test).

“My only motive is to meet the tribals and share their problems. I have already put forward my 46 demands in front of the state government in my last visit to Udaipur a year back, but not a single demand saw positive action,” said Meena while talking to reporters.

While Meena, with his bunch of supporters was on his way to Bichiwada, he was detained by the police at Kherwada and taken back to Udaipur in the evening. Meena was directly taken to the railway station where he was scheduled to board a train to Delhi.

However, after missing the train, Meena took a long walk from the railway station to Chetak, at he Divisional Commissioner’s office.

Meena said “I am not going to leave Udaipur as my work is incomplete”, though later, after the meeting with Subodh Kumar, he was convinced to take the evening flight to Delhi.

While walking, Kirorilal also met the locals. He was escorted by a huge cauldron, which included the police force, media personnel and his supporters.

Kirori Lal Meena’s last visit to Udaipur was in April 2011, which was again a controversial event and at that time too, he was forcibly deported to Delhi by the City Administration.

Report and Photograph by Sohail Khan