Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The Madhya Pradesh Police filed an FIR against 50 Congress members including current MLA and former state minister Jitu Patwari for holding a demonstration in Indore without permission.
As part of the Congress' nationwide protest against the contentious farm laws, the party also organised a demonstration in Indore's Tejaji Nagar police station limits.
The police filed the FIR against the Congress leaders under Sections 188 and 141 of the IPC for holding the demonstration without permission and attempting to block roads.
According to reports, the police filed the FIR on the basis of videos of the demonstration.
Earlier yesterday, the Congress took out protest marches at all state capitals in the country and gheraoed Raj Bhawans on Friday. It also protested against the rising fuel prices.
The opposition party observed the day as "Kisan Adhikar Diwas".
The protests came on a day the government held the ninth round of talks with leaders of farm unions to end the deadlock over their agitation but decided to meet them again on January 19.
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All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary K C Venugopal said water cannons were used against party workers in Chandigarh while they were trying to gherao the Punjab Raj Bhawan.
The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president and other leaders were arrested and detained by police when they were trying to march towards the Raj Bhawan in Lucknow, he said, adding that party leaders in Haryana, including the PCC president, took out a protest march and courted arrest.
Simultaneous protests were staged in 28 states and Union territories, including Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep, Venugopal said.
The social media team of the Congress ran a campaign titled "Speak Up For Kisan Adhikar", through which party workers and leaders posted their videos and messages in solidarity with the protesting farmers.
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