In Sitapur, Congressmen demonstrated amid heavy rain over Anurag Thakur’s remarks on Rahul Gandhi. Meanwhile, policemen were seen running away after snatching the effigy of Anurag Thakur. There was a lot of conflict between Congress workers and the police over burning the effigy. A policeman ran away with the effigy. Congress workers kept running after him.
On Wednesday, Congressmen staged a ruckus in Sitapur amid torrential rain over Anurag Thakur’s comment on Rahul Gandhi in Parliament. During this, there was a huge clash between the police and the Congress workers who were going to burn the effigy of Anurag Thakur. People kept watching as spectators for a long time the uproar between the police and Congress workers who ran away after snatching the effigy of Anurag Thakur.
Policemen and Congressmen were also seen falling while trying to snatch the effigy on the road. In the clash between Congress workers and the police, which lasted for a long time, the police personnel were ultimately defeated. The Congressmen chased the policemen hard but while they were falling, somehow the policemen entered the police post at the intersection with the mannequin.
After this entire incident, Congress workers protested against this attitude of the police by raising slogans. Party District President Utkarsh Awasthi said that BJP, scared of the opposition, is now bent upon strangulating democracy by putting the police forward. On this occasion, slogans were also raised against BJP MP Anurag Thakur.