MP Cong protests against BJP govt

Scores of the Congress workers on Wednesday marched towards the state Legislative Assembly building to lay siege to it in protest against the "misrule" of the state BJP government, but were stopped by the police.

Hundreds of the party workers from various parts of the state assembled in the city and were led by the veterans like Kamal Nath, Digvijay Singh and Jyotiraditya Scindia.

Amidst a heavy drama, Nath and Scindia, both former Union ministers, perched themselves on a bus roof when they were stopped mid way to the Assembly. While the Congress claimed that Scindia and Nath were arrested forcibly and put in a van, the police said the duo courted arrest.

"The Congress leaders have courted arrest," said the Additional Superintendent of Police, Rajesh Singh Chandel.

Due to the protest, traffic in the state capital was disrupted in many areas as the Congress workers walked towards Nehru Nagar police line, tailing a van carrying Nath, Scindia and Suresh Pachouri on its top. Besides Nath and Scindia, senior leaders like Digvijay, Pachouri, AICC general secretary and party's state affairs in-charge Mohan Prakash, state Congress president Arun Yadav addressed the party workers.