All the three major political parties of the State-Congress, BJP and BSP- showed their political muscles on Thursday while commemorating the Constitution Day in Haridwar.
BJP and BSP used the rallies they staged to bring home the point that they are gearing up for the upcoming Panchayat polls while Congress leader and the Chief Minister Harish Rawat presided over Janta Darbar and met party men at Rishikul.
BSP staged a massive protest rally in the parking slot at Bahadrabad, venting anger against the worsening plight of the farmers. Addressing the rally, State BSP president Naseemuddin Siddiqqui said that the recently introduced land Acquisition Bill placed by the BJP- led NDA Government would land the farmers in deep crisis.
Taking a dig at the Congress-led State Government, he said they were trampling upon the interests of the farmers, particularly the sugarcane growers.
BJP staged its rally in the school grounds of Angels Academy with its national vice -president Shyam Jaju being the star speaker.
Jaju said that his party is planning to raise a memorial for Dr Ambedkar in london and Mau.