A prudent idea if implemented with imprudence can easily result in heartburn and pandemonium. The outlandish outcome of the attempt of some volunteers from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday to scrub a platform at Pune railway station bears this out. Cops lathicharged the youngsters and several of them were kept in overnight custody after being booked under Sections 145, 147 and 174 of the Railways Act.u00a0

Changing tack: Representatives of AAP’s PCMC Branch said they had gone to the station on Saturday to hold talks with the authorities. But since they were ignored, they had to adopt more drastic steps on Sunday. Pic/Krunal Gosavi