On the last day of the Vidhan Sabha session on Friday, hundreds of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (Panwar faction) members, dismissed police constables and other unions rallied from Parade Ground to the police barricading near Vidhan Sabha to elicit the attention of the State Government towards their pending demands.
The protesters entered into a tiff with the police and later they courted arrest in support of their demands. Protest rallies of these associations caused major public inconvenience in the city. locals faced traffic congestion due to protest rallies and traffic diversion around Vidhan Sabha due to which public transport vehicles, school buses and private vehicles had to change route, causing much inconvenience to the public.
Protest rallies of these unions began after 12 pm from Parade Ground and reached Rispana Bridge barricading passing through different crossings in the city. To avoid untoward incidents, police force including circle officer, inspectors and sub-inspectors and dozens of constables witnessed following the protest rallies of the union unless they reach till Rispana bridge barricading. Mussoorie CO Jaya Baloni said that police managed to control agitators without using batons at the protest site. The layers of barricades were placed near Rispana Bridge for preventing agitators from reaching Vidhan Sabha.
Hundreds of UKD members led by its president Trivendra Singh Panwar assembled at Parade Ground and rallied upto the barricading raising slogans against state government and alleged that government has failed on all fronts in the State. The protesters were restricted at Rispana Bridge barricading. Dismissed police constables also took out rally and shouted anti-government slogans. The protesters alleged that government remained negligent towards their demands even through they have been protesting for the last many days at Parade Ground. They are demanding reinstatement of dismissed constables.
BTC (correspondence) Trained Union also protested at Parade Ground in support of their pending demands. The association president Dyal Singh Rawat said that their demands include appointment of BTC trained persons as per government order date November 11, 2011.