Palamu admin bans black at PM’s event: Why is PM Modi afraid of colour black?
Palamu administration in Jharkhand has banned entry of all black material to the venue of PM Modi’s event to be held on Saturday. This is not the 1st time black has been banned in his meetings
The Palamu district administration has banned entry of all black materials including black dresses to the venue of Narendra Modi's public meeting scheduled to be held on Saturday fearing that some people may show black flag to the prime minister.
Anybody coming to the meeting with any black material will not be allowed to enter the public meeting venue, Palamu Superintendent of Police Inderjit Mahata said on Tuesday.
The ban order comes in the wake of the para-teachers’ ongoing agitation across Jharkhand for over three months in support of their demands including regularisation of service. The ban is applied to both officials and the audience, Mahata said.
Official sources said there was apprehension that the para-teachers might try to show black flags to the prime minister.
Palamu district administration has requested its counterparts in neighbouring Chatra, Latehar and Garhwa to take measures in stopping people coming to the prime minister's programme carrying black materials, the sources said.
This is not the first time that black has been banned in PM Modi’s public meetings. In July 2018, people wearing black or carrying black cloth were not allowed in PM Modi’s rally in Jaipur.
In May, 2017 a journalist of The Times of India was denied entry in PM Modi’s rally in Gujarat.
In Bhachau, where PM Modi inaugurated a pumping station in 2017, people were asked to leave their black scarves, shawla and even T shirts outside the venue of the public meeting.
In Deesa too, where he inaugurated a dairy, people were asked to not wear black.
With inputs from PTI
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