*NEW DEHLI – **Massive sit in protests erupt in India especially in Punjabagainst Indian PM Narendra Modi over Occupied Kashmir lockdown.*
*The effigies of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi burnt at differentplaces in the Indian state of Punjab, denouncing acts of Modi government inoccupied Kashmir.*
Kashmir Media Service reported that the protesters were stopped by thepolice from going to Chandigarh for their scheduled rally in solidaritywith besieged Kashmiris.
Dozens of activists, including women, from different farmers’ and students’unions, also arrested in Mohali to prevent the protest march.
These left-leaning groups had drafted a memorandum for Punjab governor V.P.Singh Badnore demanding the restoration of Articles 370 and 35A, the rightto self-determination for the people of Kashmir and the immediatewithdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act.
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The government’s decision to deter protestors from reaching Mohali,however, backfired with thousands holding sit-in wherever they werestopped. These sit-ins were held mainly in the south of Punjab acrossBathinda, Mansa, Faridkot, Muktsar, Sangrur, Ferozepur and Barnaladistricts, besides Mohali and Tarn Taran where protestors also burnt theprime minister’s effigies.
Such protests were held at 23 places in 11 districts after Punjab policethwarted the March to Chandigarh in Mohali.
