Jammu, February 14 Scores of Congress activists, including AICC General Secretary Syed Naseer Hussain and Pradesh Congress Chief Tariq Hameed Karra, were detained on Saturday after police stopped a planned march to Lok Bhawan here, officials said.
The police took action after hundreds of Congress activists gathered at the Maharaja Hari Singh park and began marching towards Lok Bhawan as part of their 'Hamari Riyasat Hamara Haq' movement, seeking the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and the 'MGNREGA Bachao Sangram' (Save MGNREGA Campaign).
"Hussain (MP), Karra, AICC General Secretary and CLP Leader G A Mir, Working President Raman Bhalla, and AICC Secretary and Punjab MLA Pargat Singh were among the many Congressmen detained by police near Jewel chowk," Congress chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma told news agency PTI.
Condemning the police action, he said that the Congress had planned a peaceful march to Lok Bhawan to highlight public welfare issues, but were taken away by waiting police vehicles and lodged in the district police lines.