The police today lathicharged BJYM workers who were marching toward the Congress Bhawan here as part of their Jan Akrosh rally to protest against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor comparing JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar with Bhagat Singh.
Lathi charge and water cannons used to stop the workers, in which about one and a half dozen of workers were injured, police said.
The rally was taken out from BJP office here towards Congress Bhawan and party vice chairman Ramveer Bhatti, Harishankar Mishra, general secretary Prem Kaushik participated in the rally.
Chandigarh BJP President Sanjay Tandon addressed the workers and stated that the act of Shashi Tharoor of Congress is highly condemnable.
"The Congress party has lost its balance...The Congress party supporting such condemnable statements in the Country... the Congress is dividing this country...The congress party is unable to see the growth and development works being done under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," he said.
Effigy of Shashi Tharoor was set on fire near Sector Gurudwara, police said.
