Haryana’s Opposition party INlD on Thursday took out a protest march and burnt an effigy of BJP’s Gurgaon legislator Umesh Aggarwal, demanding his arrest and resignation after a court in Delhi framed rape charges against him. The workers of the Indian National lok Dal (INlD) gathered near Sohna Chowk here and marched through Gurgaon’s main market road, shouting slogans against Aggarwal, the Haryana Government and Delhi Police. Protests were reported from other places also.
The protesters burnt Aggarwal’s effigy at the main post office Chowk after thrashing it with shoes and slippers.
They also shouted slogans against CM Manohar lal Khattar over his silence in the matter. A 25-year-old woman from Delhi’s Tilak Nagar had alleged that she was raped in January during a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) event in Faridabad at which the party’s national leaders were present. Three people — Aggarwal, Sandeep luthra and a woman, Rekha Rani — are accused in the case.