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Samajwadi Party workers create ruckus at
Rahul's programme
Saturday November 26, 2011 05:36:21 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow: A brief clash
took place between Congress party workers and Samajwadi Party
activists when they tried to breach the security cordon of
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi at a programme in Uttar
Pradesh's Kushinagar district Saturday, police said.
Wearing T-Shirts with "Rahul Gandhi Sharm Karo (Rahul Gandhi, feel
shame)" printed on them, the Samajwadi Party activists started
shouting slogans "Rahul Gandhi go back... We are not beggars" as
Gandhi finished his speech at the mass contact programme in
Padrauna town, some 300 km from Lucknow.
They were protesting the "begging" remark Gandhi made during a
rally in Allahabad's Phulpur town Nov 14. Kicking off the Congress
campaign for the ensuing assembly elections, he had asked "for how
long would UP youths go and beg in Maharashtra?".
After Gandhi finished his speech, one after the other, the SP
activists, who were present in the audience, started jumping over
the barricades in their attempt to reach the Congress leader.
However, they were stopped by security personnel and Congress
activists.
After a minor scuffle with the Samajwadi protesters, Congress
activists handed them over to security personnel.
"By that time Rahul Gandhi had left the site," said a local
Congress leader.
Additional Superintendent of Police Jawahar Singh told IANS:
"Everything is in control now."
He declined to confirm if anyone has been detained.
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