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Water Cannons Halt Punjab Congress March to Assembly, 200 Detained Then Released

The opposition used the budget session’s opening to press claims of unmet welfare promises, worsening finances, fraying law and order.

Overview

  • Congress leaders and workers attempted to push through barricades en route to the Vidhan Sabha after gathering outside the party office in Chandigarh.
  • Chandigarh Police deployed water cannons to disperse the crowd when the march advanced, with reports of turbans being knocked off by the jets.
  • State unit chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring led the protest, staged a sit-in after being stopped, and accused the Bhagwant Mann government of failing on multiple fronts.
  • Police said roughly 200 protesters were taken into custody and later freed, asserting the water cannons were used solely for crowd control.
  • From the stage, senior leaders including Partap Singh Bajwa and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa amplified attacks citing the unfulfilled ₹1,000 monthly aid for women, alleged debt above ₹4 lakh crore, weak law and order, and heavy ad spending.