Day after cops 'attack' Jayant, RLD holds massive stir in UP
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Day after cops 'attack' Jayant, RLD holds massive stir in UP
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Meerut/Bijnor: A day after the brutal baton charge on Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Jayant Chaudhary and his supporters during their visit to Hathras, party workers held massive protests in several UP districts of Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Aligarh and Bijnor on Monday. Chaudhary and his men were thrashed when the delegation was on its way to meet the Hathras ''gangrape" victim's family. The RLD leader was speaking to reporters when cops started attacking him. Protesting against the attack, hundreds of angry RLD workers gathered in front of commissionerate premises in Meerut on Monday and raised slogans against the Yogi government's police excess. Another protest was held in Pallavpuram where party workers tried to block the road and burn the CM's effigy. In Bijnor, the protest was led by district president Rahul Chaudhary and state secretary Praveen Deshwal, while in neighbouring Amroha, hundreds of activists led by state general secretary Ramveer Singh staged a 'dharna'. In both districts, supporters burnt effigies. According to senior office bearers, a mahapanchayat will be held in Muzaffarnagar district on October 8. Hathras case and the contentious farm laws will be on the agenda.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-10-06
Coverage
Meerut