Lucknow, February 17 Police on Tuesday detained several Congress leaders and workers, and allegedly used force to prevent them from marching to gherao the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Bhavan (Legislative Assembly) over the scrapping of MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) and "misgovernance".
According to Manish Hindvi, vice-chairman of the media department of the Uttar Pradesh Congress, a large number of party leaders and workers had set out from the party office to gherao the Vidhan Bhavan as part of the 'MGNREGA Bachao Abhiyan' (Save MGNREGA Campaign).
"When the workers attempted to move forward after being stopped, the police and Rapid Action Force used force to disperse them," Hindvi told
