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Heavy police force is deployed in many districts of Uttar Pradesh as Hindu Kar Sevaks start Satyagarh in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. They shout 'Jai Sri Ram' as they protest on streets of Uttar Pradesh amidst high security. The Hindu leadership in Ayodhya decided to organize a Satyagraha, with one thousand people courting arrest every day, from December 6 till January 15. The total number of people who courted arrest in those days was over two lakhs. A very serious riot broke out in Bijnor in 1990. Curfew had to be imposed for ten days. Heavy police force was deployed in and around Ayodhya. Mulayam Singh had vowed that he would not allow anybody near the masjid and gave a speech on October 9, in which he promised to protect Muslims from any activities of Hindus. There were arrests of karsevaks