Srinagar, Feb 27 (PTI) Police on Monday foiled an attempt by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers to take out a protest march here against the arrest of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by the CBI in an excise policy case.
The AAP workers assembled at the party office at Rajbagh and raised slogans like “Shiksha Mantri Tujhe Salaam”, “Gundagardi nahi chalegi”, “Taana shahi nahi chalega”, decrying Sisodia’s arrest.
However, a posse of police personnel did not allow the AAP protestors to come out on the road and pushed them back into their office premises.
“We are observing this day as a black day. A revered member of the Aam Aadmi Party has been sent to jail. It’s a black day for democracy throughout India,” Rizwan Ahmad, AAP’s youth wing leader, said.
He said the BJP was attacking the AAP in order to break the “aam aadmi sentiment”.
“It is a political vendetta against Aam Aadmi Party’s growing popularity throughout India. The BJP is doing a witch hunt on AAP leaders,” he added. PTI MIJ AQS
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