The meetings on roads disturb people and traffic. These should be avoided.
However, let me narrate my experience at Shillong. This was election time. I listened to speech of Mr. G.G. Swells at busy place near Laitumukhrah. He was followed by another speaker probably Hopingstone Lindoh. Public listened to both standing on footpath and traffic moved as usual. Even the rival candidates silently listened election speech without causing any disturbance. If meetings are held everywhere this way, there is nothing wrong in street meetings.
These kind of meeting should be avoided. Some senior citizen should take the authority if such kind of meetings taking place in streets. If such meeting at the main road junction then police men should take the authority so that they can protect people from occurring accidents.
Once such meeting are been there at our street junction. first of all they blocked the road by such meeting and more over they started commenting the ladies who are moving on that way. I just called cop and the cop came and took all the people to police station. After that there are no such meeting held at that junction. I wish every one should take an initiative. we should not wait that some one will take the initiative
ya people often collect a huge group of them in case of any quarrel or for to discuss any matter . this doesn't result anything except blocking the way of the other ones who use to pass on that way.