J&K Youth Congress leaders detained during protest march

Srinagar, Feb 27: The J&K Pradesh Youth Congress (JKPYC) on Thursday organized a massive protest and peaceful march towards the BJP office in Jammu against the undemocratic arrest of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) National President Uday Bhanu Chib and other IYC leaders in New Delhi.

The protest, which witnessed participation from a large number of Youth Congress workers, was led by JKPYC General Secretary Anirudh Sawhney in the presence of IYC Secretary Incharge J&K Maan Singh Rathore. As the procession moved forward raising slogans of ‘PM is Compromised’, heavy police deployment was made to prevent the march from proceeding towards the BJP office. Youth Congress leaders were stopped midway, detained, and later taken to Trikuta Nagar Police Station in Jammu. During the protest, workers raised slogans of “PM is compromised,” condemning the action taken against their national leadership.

Youth Congress leaders including IYC Secretary Incharge J&K Maan Singh Rathore, JKPYC General Secretary Anirudh Sawhney, JKPYC Chairman Sports Cell Adv. Ranjodh Singh, JKPYC Secretary Dr. Suhaib Manhas, Secretary Anmol Kohli and others were detained by the police.

Speaking on the issue, IYC Secretary Incharge J&K Maan Singh Rathore strongly criticized the arrest of IYC National President Uday Bhanu Chib and other leaders in New Delhi, terming it a direct assault on democratic values.

He stated that the Youth Congress had exercised its constitutional right to hold a peaceful demonstration, and the subsequent arrests reflected the Centre’s intolerance towards dissent.