Ban orders on proposed pro-Som panchayat in Meerut dist

Authorities have banned the holding of a panchayat in favour of arrested BJP MLA Sangeet Som in Meerut district on September 29.
"The administration has banned the proposed all-caste panchayat at Janata Inter College in Kheda village in the Sardhana area to press for the withdrawal of the National Security Act invoked against Som," a state home department spokesman said.
"In view of the bad experience of the panchayat held in Muzaffarnagar recently, the Meerut district magistrate has totally banned the holding of panchayats of any kind," the spokesman said.
The DM has issued strict orders for the officials concerned to prevent any kind of panchayat from being organised in the district, the spokesman added.

Som has been accused of uploading a fake video that played a role in provoking the recent communal tensions in Muzaffarnagar and for making inflammatory speeches.