On the call given by the Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the Congress party workers and leaders were on roads on Tuesday in support of Bharat Bandh call given by the farmers. The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President Pritam Singh and other leaders courted arrest at Clock tower in capital Dehradun today. The police arrested the Congress leaders when they tried to block traffic in the heart of the city. The Congress workers tried to close the shops at busy Paltan market and other areas and at places they were resisted by the shopkeepers.
The Congress workers also sat on Dharna near the clock tower. Later the PCC president claimed that the Bandh was a complete success in Uttarakhand. He also congratulated the people of the state and the Congress workers for making the Bharat Bandh called by the farmers a success. He said that the farmers of the country are united in opposition for three draconian farm laws and the Congress party is standing firmly behind them. The general secretary organisation Vijay Saraswat and Vice President Dhirendra Pratap also congratulated the party workers for making the Bandh a success. Pratap said that reports coming from all the 13 districts inform the Bandh was historic and total. He added that the government aided by police tried to make the Bandh call a failure but people, shopkeepers and all sections of society supported the cause of farmers.
Wednesday, 09 December 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
