BJP, Congress Activists Clash in Jammu 'Women Quota Bill'

Hundreds of BJP activists on Wednesday took out a protest march to the Congress office here to protest against the opposition's obstruction of the Constitution amendment bill to implement women's quota. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Congress also held a protest at its office against the BJP for their "blatant and desperate assault on democracy under the guise of women's empowerment." 

The 'Jan Aakrosh Mahila Padyatra' was taken out by the saffron party's women wing, led by J-K unit president and MP Sat Sharma, MPs and MLAs, from Maharaja Hari Singh Park in



the city.

Raising anti-Congress slogans, the protestors marched towards the Congress office at Vir Marg and set afire effigies of various opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav. 

The administration had put up heavy barricades and barbed wire to prevent the BJP rally from heading toward the Congress office. 

Asserting that the rally was to show their protest against the Congress and its partners, MLA Yudhvir Sethi strongly criticised the opposition parties over the failure to pass the bill in Parliament.