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Aam Aadmi Party march to PM’s house stopped
Thousands of Aam Aadmi Party supporters were joined by flag-waving CPM cadres at the heart of Delhi on Sunday as protesters gathered to march to the Prime Minister\'s Office. CPM leader Sitaram Yechury is lending support to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
New Delhi: Thousands of Aam Aadmi Party supporters were joined by flag-waving CPM cadres at the heart of Delhi on Sunday as protesters gathered to march to the Prime Minister's Office. CPM leader Sitaram Yechury is lending support to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
The protesters, however, were stopped midway at Parliament Street by the Delhi police, who also maintained that they did not seek permission for a march. The protest was soon called off.
Kejriwal, who has been camping out at Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's house for a week, in protest against what he calls a "strike" by Delhi's IAS officers, had repeatedly appealed to the Prime Minister to intervene and resolve the situation.
The IAS officers held a press conference to say that they were not on strike and were being victimized. "We are completely apolitical. We work with dedication with every government... The presser is very unusual, we never thought we have to do this.
We are answerable to the law," the IAS Association said. "The New Delhi district police has not received any permission of an AAP protest. Protest marches are banned in residential areas. Section 144 has already been imposed," said senior police officer Madhur Verma.
The officer said they have mobilised "outside forces" and exits of several metro stations -- Patel Chowk, Udgyog Bhavan, Central Secretariat, Janpath and Lok Kalyan Marg -- have been shut.
Ahead of the march, Sitaram Yechury tweeted: "Joining the protest rally to the Prime Minister's residence today to express serious condemnation over the manner in which federalism, a fundamental feature of our Constitution, is being undermined by this BJP Central government."
