Overview
- Hundreds gathered at Maharaja Hari Singh Park and set out for Lok Bhawan under the Congress campaigns MGNREGA Bachao Sangram and Hamari Riyasat Hamara Haq.
- Police blocked the procession at the barricaded Jewel Chowk, where a minor scuffle broke out between security personnel and party workers.
- More than 300 participants, including Syed Naseer Hussain, Tariq Hameed Karra, G A Mir, Raman Bhalla and Pargat Singh, were taken to the district police lines and released after about an hour.
- The march did not reach Lok Bhawan, and the Congress unit in J&K publicly condemned the police action.
- Party leaders said they will continue opposing the Centre’s replacement of MGNREGA with the VB-G RAM G scheme and pressing for restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.