On the issue of pension and other demands the Statehood activists held a massive demonstration in front of the office of District Magistrate here on Friday. Heated verbal exchanges between the police and activists occurred as the statehood activists tried to barge into the office of DM.
later, a delegation of activists met the Additional District Magistrate (ADM) where they handed over a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister Harish Rawat.The State president of Rajya Nirman Senani Manch, N B Pandey said that the activists’ demands are pension for all the statehood activists, a status of Rajya Nirman Senani for all those who fought for statehood of Uttarakhand and reservation for children of statehood activists in the Government jobs.
He claimed that they were holding a peaceful agitation but the police used unnecessary force due to which three women activists were injured and had to be taken to the Doon hospital for treatment. The injured are Vimla Rawat, Savitri Devi and laxmi Rawat. In the agitation R K Sharma, Beena Bhatt, Satendra Naugain, Sushil Chandola, Savitri Kapoor, Anjali Verma and others were present.