BJYM members stage protest, demand Rawat's resignation

Demanding resignation of Chief Minister Harish Rawat after the sting operation  ‘revealed’ the CM’s secretary demanding bribe in the name of the CM  from the liquor  mafia,  hundreds of  BJP’s  youth affiliate Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists gheroaed the Secretariat on Thursday.BJYM members demanded a CBI probe aside from immediate  dismissal of  the secretary to the CM Mohammad Shahid. 

BJYM activists and other BJP supporters assembled at  BJP Mahanagar office near Parade Ground and took out a rally upto Secretariat at noon. The protesters raised slogans against the State Government and the state Chief Minister, dubbing  the latter as the fountain-head of  corruption in the State. The protesters were stopped at the barricade outside the Secretariat by police. Verbal arguments between them and police followed after which the agitators squatted  on the ground  and continued with   sloganeering.

As many as 45 BJYM workers, including Mussoorie MlA Ganesh Joshi, courted arrest before the magistrate, informed Dehradun City Magistrate lalit Narayan Mishra.BJYM member Jitendra Rawat said, “We demand resignation of the CM after the sting operation denuded  corruption right  in the CM’s office.  He demanded a CBI probe into the matter and prompt dismissal of Mohammad Shahid. They would intensify the protest across the State if their demands are not met soon, he warned.