New Delhi, June 16: Delhi Congress workers on Thursday were faced with water cannons during a march to Lieutenant Governor’s residence here to decry the alleged police high-handedness at the party’s national headquarters a day earlier.
The protest march led by state president Anil Kumar was stopped by the police, minutes after it started from Sushrut Trauma Centre in Civil Lines.
Kumar suffered serious head injury after the police resorted to water cannons to disperse the protesting workers, the party alleged.
A Delhi Congress delegation also submitted a memorandum to the LG seeking action against Delhi Police for allegedly entering the party headquarters and “thrashing” party workers and leaders.
The Congress workers alleged that the police tried to stop them from marching to the LG’s house and resorted to water cannons to throw their protest in disarray.
“State president Anil Kumar suffered serious head injury and broken shoulder after Delhi Police resorted to water cannons at the protest. He has been admitted in the ICU at a hospital,” party officials said.
Large number of police personnel was deployed and the area near the trauma centre was barricaded.
Cong takes ED battle to Prez, Parliament
A day after alleging high-handedness by the police the Congress has taken the battle to Parliament and has met the presiding officers of both the Houses. Party leaders will also meet the President over the issue.
A delegation of Congress MPs met the Vice President to register their complaint. The delegation comprising of Mallikarjun Kharge, P Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh complained about the high-handedness of the police and the ill-treatment meted out to the Parliamentarians. The Congress Lok Sabha MPs also met Speaker Om Birla on Thursday morning and aired their grievances. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, while speaking to the media after the meeting said: “We have informed the Speaker about the manner in which we have been subjected to violence and atrocities. The Speaker listened to us. We told him about Delhi Police officers who barged into the Congress office and attacked our workers in a pre-planned manner.” (PTI)
