Patna, (Bihar Times): The Lok Janshakti Party on Sunday threatened that its workers would demolish all the stalls and barricades being built for the proposed Patna Book Fair as it has got Gandhi Maidan booked for its November 28 Sankalp Rally two months in advance. It asked the district administration to get removed all the enclosures within 24 hours.

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Giving this information to mediapersons the party's spokesman, Sanjay Singh, and state convenor, Pashupati Kumar Paras, accused the district administration of allotting the north-east part of Gandhi Maidan for Book Fair though they were fully aware that lakhs of people would assemble at the spot. They also charged that the organizers of the Book Fair are in league with the district administration and are setting up stalls on the land beyond the allotted portion.

Meanwhile, sources close to organizers told BiharTimes that the land for the Book Fair had been booked a year ago and that they had not constructed any barricade or stall outside their allotted land. “What to speak of exceeding from the allotted land we have not yet fully utilized the area given to us because till Sunday it was under the use of Ram Katha being organized by Sudarshanji Maharaj of Patna Central School. If the LJP has any dispute it can be with the industrial fair which is to start from December 6,” he said.