(L-R) Leader of Opposition in Jharkhand Assembly Babulal Marandi, State BJP president and MP Deepak Prakash, former State chief minister Raghubar Das and Union Minister Annapurna Devi during BJP’s ‘Hemant Hatao, Jharkhand Bacahao’ protest towards Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, in Ranchi on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.
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Clashes erupted between BJP workers and the police once they tried to march in direction of the Jharkhand Secretariat in Ranchi on Tuesday as a part of their gherao programme, officers mentioned.
Police used tear fuel, water canons and lathi-charged the protestors to stop them from marching in direction of the secretariat, the place prohibitory orders below Section 144 of CrPc have been clamped, they mentioned.
The march to the Jharkhand Secretariat as a part of BJP’s gherao programme was organised to protest “deteriorating law and order, prevailing corruption and high rate of unemployment”.
