ABVP, police clash in Lucknow

Lucknow, Jan 29: Members of

and

on Wednesday clashed with each other as cops allegedly

-charged the student activists when they were attempting to gherao the state Legislative Assembly here to press for their demands.

Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) workers claimed that several of them were injured in the police action. The ABVP workers, who were attempting to march towards the Vidhan Bhawan, allegedly indulged in brick-batting when they were stopped by the police, following which the latter resorted to baton-charge.

Reacting to the incident, BJP's chief spokesman here Vijay Bahadur Pathak said, "the party condemns the lathicharge on ABVP workers".

He claimed that the protest was pre-sheduled and the ABVP workers should have been taken into custody as they had announced that they will court arrest.

"Instead, the police to disperse the activists resorted to baton-charge and pelted stones in which more than a dozen students were injured," Pathak alleged. He demanded action against officers responsible for the "inhumane act".

PTI