NSUI members protest against unemployment, police use water cannon

NSUI Punjab workers surrounded the Chief Minister's residence by taking out a symbolic funeral procession in protest against the anarchy spreading under the patronage of the Punjab Government, during which they were arrested by the police administration using water cannons on the workers.

Chandigarh: The police used water cannons to stop NSUI’s Punjab unit members from heading towards Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s residence during their protest here on Saturday, officials said.

The NSUI members were protesting outside the Punjab Congress Bhawan over the issue of unemployment and policies of the AAP government, accusing it of failing on all fronts.

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The members had threatened to ‘gherao’ the residence of CM Mann.

“We held a protest against the government to wake it up to fulfil its promises,” said a member of the NSUI.

The police had put up barricades to prevent the protesters from moving towards the residence of the CM.

When the protesters tried to force their way through the barricades in order to head towards the CM residence, police used a water cannon against them, officials said.

Later, several NSUI members, including the president of its Punjab unit Isherpreet Singh Sidhu, were detained by police.

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