Undeterred by the attack on his convoy, Harish Rawat came out of his car to lead a march from Kanwali road to Balliwala chawk during which he was also shown black flags. (File photo)
Dehardun:
Deposed Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat was today allegedly shown black flags and his convoy pelted with stones when he was going to an event to mobilise public opinion against the dismissal of his government.
"The stones thrown from under a flyover by BJP goons hit vehicles in the convoy of the former chief minister. Fortunately, no one was hurt but it shows the desperation of BJP which has lost all sense of political courtesy," senior Congress leader and former chife minister's media incharge Surendra Kumar told Press trust of India.
However, undeterred by the attack, Mr Rawat came out of his car to lead a march from Kanwali road to Balliwala chawk during which he was also shown black flags.
Later, addressing a large public meeting at Sadhuram Inter College, he asked the people of the state to teach a lesson to those who had dislodged a democratically-elected government in the state with the power of money and muscle.
"You tell me who would give me justice and punish those who dislodged a government which had made provisions in its budget for the poor and the downtrodden, the youth and women?" Mr Rawat said at the meeting which was part of his "save democracy yatra".
"BJP has stooped to a new low by trying to disrupt the CM's yatra in such a manner. First, it murdered democracy in Uttarakhand by overthrowing a popular government and now it is shamelessly displaying its disregard for decent political behaviours. The party condemns it in the harshest of words," Pradesh Congress President Kishore Upadhyay said.
Protest march from Monday
The Congress will stage demonstration rallies and take out 'padyatras' in the state from Monday to protest against the Centre's "conspiracy to dislodge" elected governments in several states, including the one headed by former chief minister Harish Rawat in Uttarakhand.
Pradesh Congress vice president Jot Singh Bisht said the proposed stir is the part of a country-wide agitation announced by the party's central leadership.
"These yatras will also be conducted in the Assembly constituencies of the rebel Congress MLAs who "back-stabbed" the party and alligned with the BJP to create the political crisis in the state," he said.
"The teams will converge at the party's state office in Dehradun on April 18, exactly a month since the political crisis in the state began with nine party legislators revolting against Harish Rawat-led government, he said.
They will then proceed to Mahatma Gandhi's statue nearby where they will reiterate their pledge to protect democratic institutions in the country, Mr Bisht added.
"The stones thrown from under a flyover by BJP goons hit vehicles in the convoy of the former chief minister. Fortunately, no one was hurt but it shows the desperation of BJP which has lost all sense of political courtesy," senior Congress leader and former chife minister's media incharge Surendra Kumar told Press trust of India.
However, undeterred by the attack, Mr Rawat came out of his car to lead a march from Kanwali road to Balliwala chawk during which he was also shown black flags.
Later, addressing a large public meeting at Sadhuram Inter College, he asked the people of the state to teach a lesson to those who had dislodged a democratically-elected government in the state with the power of money and muscle.
"You tell me who would give me justice and punish those who dislodged a government which had made provisions in its budget for the poor and the downtrodden, the youth and women?" Mr Rawat said at the meeting which was part of his "save democracy yatra".
"BJP has stooped to a new low by trying to disrupt the CM's yatra in such a manner. First, it murdered democracy in Uttarakhand by overthrowing a popular government and now it is shamelessly displaying its disregard for decent political behaviours. The party condemns it in the harshest of words," Pradesh Congress President Kishore Upadhyay said.
Protest march from Monday
The Congress will stage demonstration rallies and take out 'padyatras' in the state from Monday to protest against the Centre's "conspiracy to dislodge" elected governments in several states, including the one headed by former chief minister Harish Rawat in Uttarakhand.
Pradesh Congress vice president Jot Singh Bisht said the proposed stir is the part of a country-wide agitation announced by the party's central leadership.
"These yatras will also be conducted in the Assembly constituencies of the rebel Congress MLAs who "back-stabbed" the party and alligned with the BJP to create the political crisis in the state," he said.
"The teams will converge at the party's state office in Dehradun on April 18, exactly a month since the political crisis in the state began with nine party legislators revolting against Harish Rawat-led government, he said.
They will then proceed to Mahatma Gandhi's statue nearby where they will reiterate their pledge to protect democratic institutions in the country, Mr Bisht added.
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