Safety personnel resort to gentle lathi-charge and fireplace tear fuel shells to disperse a gaggle of villagers protesting forward of an official authorities operate to mark Hul Diwas (Insurrection Day), at Bhognadih in Sahibganj district of Jharkhand, Monday, June 30, 2025.
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Police resorted to lathi-charge, fired tear fuel to disperse villagers protesting forward of an official authorities operate to mark the Hul Diwas in Jharkhand’s Bhognadih situated in Sahibganj district.


Bhognadih, a traditionally vital village, is the birthplace of tribal icons Sido and Kanhu Murmu, who led the Santhal insurrection towards British rule Hul Diwas marks the 1855 Santhal insurrection towards the British.
The villagers, led by the Sido-Kanhu Murmu Hul Basis and Aato Manjhi Vashi Bhognadih , had been protesting towards the district administration’s alleged dismantling of a separate stage that they had set as much as commemorate Hul Diwas of their capability.
Earlier, the descendants of Sido-Kanhu alleged that they had been denied permission by the administration to look at Hul Diwas and the stage that they had erected to look at the event was broken by police administration.
A police officer mentioned {that a} gentle lathi-charge was ordered after some villagers attacked the police drive utilizing bows and arrows.
Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) president and Chief of opposition Babulal Marandi strongly condemned the incident calling it a barbaric act on the tribal neighborhood.
He asserted that the repressive incident of lathicharge in Bhognadih will show to be the explanation for the autumn of the Hemant Soren authorities.
“The incident of lathi-charge and use of tear fuel by the police in Bhognadih on the auspicious event of Hul Diwas is extraordinarily condemnable and unlucky. Many villagers have been injured on this barbaric motion,”Mr. Marandi mentioned.
He additional mentioned, “At the moment’s barbarity has refreshed the recollections of British rule. On the land of Hul revolution, after six generations, as soon as once more the descendants of Sido-Kanhu needed to take to the streets towards tyranny and injustice.”
Mr. Marandi alleged that the state authorities is sitting within the lap of the infiltrators and doesn’t need the tribal society of Jharkhand to get impressed by the heroic tales and sacrifices of their ancestors to guard their identification and rights.
Lashing out on the state authorities, Mr. Marandi mentioned the conspiracy of the federal government won’t ever succeed.
“The courageous Sido-Kanhu, Chand-Bhairav and Phoolo-Jhano shook the inspiration of British rule by means of the Hul revolution, in the identical means at present’s oppressive incident of lathi cost in Bhognadih will show to be the explanation for the downfall of the Hemant authorities,”Mr. Marandi mentioned.
Mr. Soren couldn’t go to Bhognadih as he was within the nationwide capital the place his father and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) founder Shibu Soren is hospitalised in New Delhi’s Gangaram Hospital.
He nonetheless, posted a message on social media account saying, “Baba Dishom Guruji, who follows their footsteps of wrestle and dedication, is presently unwell. As a result of this, I couldn’t come to the revolutionary, courageous land of Bhognadih this time.”
He additional mentioned, “However Hul Divas is not only a one-day occasion for us. Hul Divas is a day of resolve for us, Hul is our energy, Hul is our identification. Within the coming instances, there will probably be a Hul Ulgulan for the tribal faith code, tribal tradition, language, civilization, and identification. On Hul Divas, 100 salutes to the immortal courageous martyrs! Hul Johar! Jai Jharkhand!”
Printed – July 01, 2025 01:40 am IST
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