Activists of BJP's women wing today held a march and tried to gherao the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's office in protest against the rising incidents of atrocities against women in the state.
The scheduled protest comes in the wake of the gang rape and murder of two Dalit girls in Badaun district last week.
The women wing activists assembled at the BJP office in front of Vidhan Bhawan, and began a march towards the CM's office at Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhawan.
The protesters, led by party state unit president Laxmi Kant Bajpai, were, however, stopped by police before they could reach near Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhawan.
A scuffle between police and the BJP Mohila Morcha activists broke out when the latter tried to force their way towards the CM's office. Police also had to use water cannons to disperse the protesters.
The BJP activists then sat on a dharna. They also alleged that police manhandled their workers in which many of them sustained injuries.
Later, a 12-member delegation, including women wing's state president Kamlawati Singh and six women MPs, met the principal secretary home for talks.
BJP had yesterday announced to gherao the CM's office to protest against increasing atrocities against women in the state.
Bajpai had said that women workers of BJP had gheraoed the annexe building of Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhawan on May 30 and gave an ultimatum that if incidents of atrocities were not checked then they would gherao the CM's office again on June 2.
