Police on Monday used water cannons to disperse Congress workers who were marching towards Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh over the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal issue. Separately, members of the Kirti Kisan Union (KKU) staged demonstrations in parts of Punjab, opposing any fresh survey surrounding the SYL canal construction.
The Congress members led by the party’s State unit chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Partap Singh Bajwa, said they wanted to meet Governor Banwarilal Purohit and give him a representation over the SYL issue. As Congress members marched towards the Raj Bhawan to protest against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government and the Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab government, they were stopped at the barricades by the police armed with water cannons. The police said that the water cannons were used, and several protesters were detained after the demonstrators attempted to forcefully bring down the barricades.
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