Protesting the Karanataka Governor’s action of allowing BJP’s BS Yeduruppa to take oath as Chief Minister of the southern state, Congress leaders and workers burnt the effigy of BJP chief Amit Shah and the Karnataka Governor in lucknow on Thursday.
Congress leaders and workers announced to march upto Vidhan Sabha, but the police did not allow them after which they burnt effigies of the BJP chief and Governor near their state office on Mall Avenue on Thursday evening.
Party activists raised anti-BJP slogans and demanded that the illegal government of Yeduruppa in Karnataka be removed and the Governor invite Congress-JD(S) legislators to form the government as they had the required majority.
State Congress spokesperson Amarnath Agarwal,said that the entire country was in shock over the Karnataka Governor’s invite to BJP leaders to form the government even as the Congress-JD(S) had majority in the Assembly.
“The Governor’s act is illegal and is against the norms of the Constitution and democracy,” he said.
Earlier, Youth Congress activists too burnt the effigy of BJP president Amit Shah in front of the Vidhan Sabha over the same issue. However, the absence of UP Congress chief Raj Babbar in the protest put question mark on the seriousness of the stir. Earlier, it was said that Babbar would lead the agitation which did not happen.