Fearing a breakdown of law and order in view of Bharatiya Janata Party's ongoing protest against Union Railway Minister and city MP Pawan Kumar Bansal, the UT Administration has imposed Section 144 within the 500 meters radius of Congress Bhawan in Sector 35, Punjab Congress Bhawan in Sector 15, Punjab Raj Bhawan and at the residence of Bansal in Sector 28.
With this, the general public is prohibited from forming an assembly of five or more persons, taking out processions, making speeches, raising slogans, sitting on dharnas and carrying of lathis in these areas. The order shall come into force from May 5 and shall be effective for a period of seven days, ie midnight on May 11. District Magistrate Mohammed Shayin Singh has ordered this as a precautionary measure and stated that the public in general or any member thereof is prohibited from taking out rally, protests, making speeches, raising slogans, carrying of lathis, etc. within 500 meters radius of Congress Bhawan in Sector 35, Punjab Congress Bhawan in Sector 15, Punjab Raj Bhawan and at the residence of Pawan Kumar Bansal in Sector 28.