BY VINAY KUMAR
March 13, 2006
VARANASI: Residents foil terrorist designs: The bid
by terrorists to create communal havoc and spread panic through bomb
blasts here on March 7 seems to have failed, judging by the exemplary show
of solidarity put up by the citizens of this holy city. Not only did the
people foil the nefarious designs of the terrorists but they also snubbed
the political leaders who tried to gain political mileage out of the
situation.
Leading citizens, intellectuals, businessmen, youth
activists, social workers and cultural bodies organised a number of peace
marches, meetings and candlelight processions to drive home the message of
communal harmony and unity. Mahant Bhawani Nandan, chief of the
Haathiyaram math, has taken the lead in organising prayers for
those killed in the blasts.