JAIPUR: Over a dozen Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers protesting the Agnipath scheme were detained outside the party office here on Monday.
As the AAP workers prepared to start a march from their state office on Sahkar Marg to the BJP office in the city, police prevented them from the act. AAP leaders later accused the Ashok Gehlot government of curtailing their right to freedom of speech and expression. The detained party workers were released later in the day.
“Protests against Agnipath were to be held by AAP across Rajasthan, but police gheraoed the Jaipur office and prevented the agitation, which is very unfortunate. This is sheer display of dictatorship and injustice,” said Vinay Mishra, in-charge of AAP in Rajasthan, in a tweet.
