Several hurt as Youth Cong workers, cops clash outside HP assembly
August 24, 2018 23:13
Youth Congress workers and the police clashed outside the Himachal Pradesh assembly today leading to a walkout by the Congress from the House.
The Congress claimed a dozen of their youth workers suffered injuries.
In the House, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said three police personnel were injured when the protesters pelted stones.
Shimla Superintendent of Police Omapati Jamwal said the exact number of injured persons was being ascertained.
Himachal Pradesh Congress president Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, talking to PTI outside the House, said the protesting Youth Congress workers wanted to submit a memorandum on 'deteriorating law and order and increasing drug abuse' in the state but 'the officials used water cannons and cane-charged them'.
"This is unacceptable in a democratic set up," he said.
The clash led to a heated exchange of words between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition Congress in the House after which the latter's MLAs staged a walkout over the issue.
"If appropriate action is not taken against the responsible officials, the Congress will stall the Assembly proceedings," Sukhu told PTI outside the House.
He claimed that at least 12 youth Congress workers were injured in police lathicharge.
The BJP government should order an inquiry to hold the officials concerned responsible for the lathicharge, he said.
Earlier, the Youth Congress workers led by their state president Munish Thakur carried out a protest march from Chaura Maidan against 'deteriorating law and order situation' and 'increasing drug menace' in the state. -- PTI
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