Reacting to the police action on protesting Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) aspirants, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday slammed the NDA government in the state, calling it a government of "sticks and batons".
Bihar Minister Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu on Saturday responded to former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav's criticism over the lathi-charge on protesting BPSC aspirants and said that his work had only reduced to raising questions over the good work of the state government.
Vishwa Hindu Parishad State Chief spokesperson Bala Swamy on Sunday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Telangana government to suspend the individuals who lathi-charged the workers who were protesting outside the Secunderabad temple over Vandalism of Hindu temples.
Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar has condemned the lathi charge on protestors at Shri Muthyalamma Devi temple in Hyderabad and said that instead of taking action against the culprit, the government is acting on those who are protesting against the crime.
Telangana Police lathi-charged protestors on Saturday at the Shri Muthyalamma Devi Temple in Hyderabad, where a large crowd had gathered to protest the alleged vandalism of the temple idol.
Reacting to Haryana assembly elections, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government will be defeated and the Congress will form government in the state. He said that the BJP is facing defeat because they lathi-charged farmers.
In West Bengal, BJP called for a '12-hour Bengal Bandh' after Kolkata police resorted to lathi-charge, the use of water cannons and tear gas against the protestors in the 'Nabanna Abhijan' rally.
On August 27, chaos broke out in the streets of Kolkata. Security personnel lobbed tear gas shells, used water cannons and resorted to lathi-charge to disperse protestors on the Howrah Bridge marching towards the West Bengal State Secretariat Nabanna, amidst the growing protests over the
A scuffle broke out between Shiv Sena (UBT) and BJP workers in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Monday, after the later protested against Aaditya Thackeray's visit to the city.
Following the massive protest, which disrupted train services and led to a lathi charge, at Badlapur Railway Station over the alleged sexual assault of two minor girls, Maharashtra police on Wednesday heightened the security at the railway station.
Protesters at Badlapur railway station, demonstrating against the alleged sexual assault of two minors at a local school, clashed with police by pelting stones after security personnel used lathi-charge to disperse the crowd gathered in protest here on Tuesday.