THOUSANDS MARCH TO PM’S HOUSE AGAINST ‘UNDECLARED EMERGENCY’, STOPPED MIDWAY BY POLICE

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Tens of thousands of people march to PM’s residence in Delhi agianst ‘undeclared emergency’ on 17 June 2018.

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NEW DELHI: Even though most of the TV channels under-reported the Aam Aadmi Party’s announcement to hold a march to the house of Prime Minister Narendra Modi against what it called ‘undeclared emergency’ in Delhi, tens of thousands of people come out on the streets of the National Capital to take part in the march on Sunday.

However, they could not reach the PM’s residence as they were stopped midway on the Parliament Street by the Delhi Police and contingent of paramilitary forces.

AAP had called for the march to force the PM to end the bureaucrats’ strike, which the party claimed was instigated by the PM.

For the past seven days, Delhi CM and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, along with three senior leaders of his government and party, are camping inside the waiting area of Lieutenant Governor’s house seeking appointment for a meeting but the LG Anil Baijal has refused to meet them.

In view of today’s march, IAS officers’ association held a press conference on Sunday to say that they are not on strike. The Kejriwal government said the babus were not listening to the ministers and not attending their meetings.

Bureaucrats are on strike for past some days seeking apology from Kejriwal for the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash at the CM’s office four months ago. The Delhi Police, which comes under the central government, had started probe soon after the incident by taking all video footage of the area but has not been able to make a clear case out of it.

On Saturday, in a bid to put pressure on the Centre and the BJP, four non-BJP Chief Ministers met here and discussed a strategy to provide support to protesting Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who wants IAS officers to end their non-cooperation with his government. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attended a meeting at Andhra Bhawan with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. They had sought appointment to meet L-G to resolve the issue. They had also requested permission to meet Kejriwal. But the L-G denied both.

Following L-G’s refusal to meet four chief ministers, AAP gave the call for the march, saying there is ‘undeclared emergency’ in Delhi.

Addressing the mammoth gathering, AAP leaders said this massive crowd is a clear message for PM Modi that days of his regime are numbered. They said that people throw out the BJP government in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

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