Youth Cong leaders burn Adani’s effigy, detained

Chandigarh Youth Congress leaders and activists led by councillor Sachin Galav today burned an effigy of Gautam Adani in front of the BJP office in Sector 33 and raised slogans against the BJP and Adani.

The protesters marched from the Congress office in Sector 35 to the BJP office in Sector 33. Addressing the protesters, Galav said the Modi government was hand-in-glove with Adani and was trying to protect all his wrongdoings, resulting in financial loss to the people.

As many as six Youth Congress workers, including Galav, Sandeep Gujjar, Manish Rai, Manjoor Khan, Lalita Rani and Amanjit Kaur were initially detained by the police and later an FIR was registered against them.

Chandigarh Pradesh Congress president HS Lucky, along with other Congress leaders, went to the police station to express his solidarity with these leaders and condemned the lodging of the FIR against the peaceful protesters. He said that it was ironic that the FIR was registered against these protesters on the Constitution Day, which provided freedom of speech, expression and this very Constitution provided right to protest also.

‘Samvidhan Rakshak Abhiyan’

As part of the Congress party’s nationwide campaign, the Chandigarh unit today launched a 60-day-long ‘Samvidhan Rakshak Abhiyan’ to mark the Constitution Day.

The party plans to organise various programmes in the coming days to highlight the alleged attempts by the Central government to dilute and undermine the Constitution. Party leaders today gathered at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan and paid tributes to BR Ambedkar.

Several speakers highlighted Ambedkar’s pivotal role in drafting the Constitution and reflected on the related challenges in the present-day scenario. Addressing the gathering, HS Lucky, president of the Chandigarh Congress, accused the BJP-led Central government of undermining India’s constitutional framework and misusing constitutional bodies for partisan gains. He alleged that the government had systematically sought to centralise power, often bypassing democratic norms.