Gorakhpur: Gorakhpur police arrested several Samajwadi Party workers and leaders including the district president when they were going to participate in a sit-in on Nagar Nigam campus on Monday.
On the call of the party president, the SP workers and leaders were going to stage a sit-in at Nagar Nigam premises to show solidarity towards farmers and protesting against the farmer’s bill.
The police arrested the party’s district president Ram Nagina Sahini and former president Ziaul Islam on Monday morning. Some workers were arrested near the town hall crossroad and some from Zila Parishad road.
“Police and government are crushing our constitutional rights. They have registered fake cases against us to prevent us from staging protest,” said Ram Nagina Sahini.