Gaura: Samajwadi Party workers and supporters staged a protest in the Gaura Assembly constituency against the arrest of party national president and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
The demonstration was led by Sanjay Vidyarthi, the party’s former candidate from Gaura. Those present included Assembly president Islam Chaudhary, Sushil Pandey, Nankan Yadav, Zubair Alam, Shiv Kumar, Mulayam, Sanjay Kanojia, Hemant Pandey, Salman, Guddu, Pawan, Mohammad Shahid, Amar Nath Savita, Baljeet Yadav, Subhash Yadav, Sangam Lal Bharti, Hafiz Subhan, Mohammad Islam, Manish Upadhyay, Govind Bharti, Inal Bhai, Sureman Sharma, Sunil Yadav, Shivnarayan Yadav, Barsati, Kishan Paswan, Anup Sharma, Komal Prasad, Ashish Kumar and Pawan Sharma, along with hundreds of other party workers and supporters.
During the protest, participants raised slogans against the government, condemned Yadav’s arrest and demanded his immediate release.
The demonstrators said attempts to suppress the opposition’s voice would not be accepted in a democratic system. They added that the Samajwadi Party would continue its struggle to protect the rights of its workers and uphold democratic values.
