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Scores of protesters on Saturday afternoon staged a protest at Jantar Mantar against the alleged attack on Delhi Congress MlA Hasan Ahmad by a group of youths in lucknow during a Press conference. The protesters led by Congress MlA from Seelampur Mateen Ahmed and Hasan Ahmad’s brother Majid Mehdi, who reached Jantar Mantar around 1.30 pm and staged a demonstration. They shouted slogans and also burnt the effigy of Shia cleric Kalbe Jawwad.
The protesters condemned the attack and alleged that it took place on the behest of Jawwad and demanded police action against him. Police said that they had sought prior permission to stage a protest and they dispersed themselves after the demonstration. Congress’s two-time MlA from Mustafabad Assembly constituency, Hasan Ahmad (62), was attacked by youths in a hotel in lucknow’s Kaiserbagh area on Friday evening. According to police, the youth were irked because Ahmad had allegedly made remarks against Shia cleric Syed Kalbe Jawwad Naqvi. The incident occurred when MlA was meeting journalists at the hotel. Police said the assailants had fled by the time they reached the hotel. The MlA has filed a complaint against unidentified persons at the Kaiserbagh police station. No one has been arrested so far.
Meanwhile, in a Press statement, Delhi Congress has strongly condemned the attack on Delhi MlA Hasan Ahmad in lucknow on Friday by unknown people. Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh lovely and senior leader and chief spokesperson Mukesh Sharma condemned the attack and termed it a dangerous precedent to lose democratic traditions in politics.