Enraged BJP gets Parl adjourned over lathicharge

August 09, 2011 17:12

Lok Sabha has been adjourned for the day over BJP protest of its party workers being lathicharged by the police at Jantar Mantar. The police also fired tear gas shells at the protestors.

While there were several protests across Delhi today, the biggest among them was by the BJP's Yuva Morcha against corruption during which the activists were lathicharged by the police. A senior police official said around 25-30,000 participants from Delhi, UP, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, MP, Rajasthan and Maharashtra had assembled outside Parliament.

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