PHAGWARA: Members of the Aam Aadmi Party’s Scheduled Caste (SC) Wing on Thursday staged a protest in Phagwara against the recent incident in which a shoe was allegedly thrown at the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, Justice B. R. Gavai. The protest, led by Jarnail Nangal, Incharge of the AAP SC Wing (Doaba) and Improvement Trust Phagwara Chairman was organised against the BJP-led Central Government, which the demonstrators accused of promoting Manuwaad in the country.
Protesters gathered at the Rest House in Phagwara later marched to Hargobind Nagar Chowk, shouting slogans such as “Kendra di Manuwaadi Sarkar Murdabad, ” “Kendra Sarkar Haye Haye, ” and “BJP Murdabad.” The demonstrators also burnt an effigy of the BJP-led Central Government to express their anger over the alleged attack on the Chief Justice and what they described as the government’s anti-Dalit stance.