AAP's Protest March to PM house ends after being stopped at Sansad Marg

Kejriwal and some of his cabinet ministers are on sit-in strike at Raj Niwas, the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor, since June 11 demanding a direction to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers working under the Delhi administration to end their 'undeclared strike'.

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party's protest march to the prime minister's residence was today taken out from Mandi house and the protesters were contained at Sansad Marg. For the same, the Delhi Police said no permission was sought for it, even as AAP leaders alleged that party supporters were being prevented from taking part in the rally.

The protest is taken in support the sit-in of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet colleagues at the lieutenant governor's office for the last six days demanding him to direct IAS officers to end their "strike". The Delhi CM had claimed that the IAS officers working for Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) were "only working on important files" and "not responding to Ministers' calls and messages, and not attending meetings".

The CPI(M) said today that it will join the march by AAP workers to Prime Minister's residence, signalling that the opposition parties were closing ranks with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in his confrontation with the Centre.

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• Protest ends at Sansad Marg.
  

  



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