The controversy surrounding the Gurukul College has been eliciting support from the Arya Samaj fraternity for the Haridwar Rural MLA Swami Yatishwaranand. On Sunday, members of the fraternity and others took out a rally in support of the MLA while raising slogans against his counterpart and cabinet minister Madan Kaushik.
The protesters accused Kaushik of conspiring to grab the land of the Gurukul and demanded that he be removed from the cabinet. The Arya Samaj members warned that they would undertake a bigger protest if Kaushik was not removed from the cabinet within 10 days. Speaking on the occasion, Yatishwaranand alleged that Kaushik wants to grab the Gurukul property. He alleged that the controversy had been sparked off at the instigation of the minister.
If Kaushik is not removed from his position in the cabinet, Arya Samaj members from across the nation will arrive here to protest on the issue, he said. He further opined that the image of the state government is being tarnished by the actions of the minister and demanded an investigation into the alleged corruption by Kaushik. Yatishwaranand said that issue now was not between him and Kaushik as the Arya Samaj was also involved. Demanding a probe into Kaushik’s actions by CBI or CBCID, he said that he will quit politics if his allegations are found to be incorrect.
Meanwhile, Congress workers along with members of the BJP, ABVP and Kisan Union among others marched from the Gurukul to the city magistrate’s office along with a number of members of the Arya Samaj fraternity.