Clash between BYJM, Youth Cong activists in Shimla

Around a dozen persons were today injured, four of them seriously, in a clash between Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha and Youth Congress activists at the state BJP office here.
SP, Shimla, D W Negi said a clash occurred between BJP and Congress workers at state BJP office and both the parties have lodged FIRs at Boileauganj police station, accusing each other of indulging in violence.
Four BJYM activists were injured seriously in the clash and rushed to IGMC hospital here, police said.
BJP spokesman Ganesh Dutt alleged that about 200 Youth Congress activists, led by its State President Vikramaditya Singh, reached the state BJP office at Chakkar, 5 km from here and raised slogans to protest against the Land Acquisition Ordinance promulgated by the NDA government.

The BJYM members, who were holding a meeting to review the membership drive, rushed out and a clash ensued, he said, adding that the Youth Congress workers were armed with sticks and indulged in heavy stone-pelting.
While, Vikramaditya alleged that the BJYM activists attacked the peaceful YC demonstrators.

The BJP office was ransacked, windowpanes were smashed and over two dozen workers were injured, Dutt said.
Four seriously injured workers Karan Nanda, Sunil Thakur, Inder Singh Thakur and Rajesh Sharda were seriously injured and rushed to IGMC.
Rajesh Sharda, who sustained serious eye injury, has been further referred to PGI, Chandigarh, Dutt said.

Dutt demanded strict action against those indulging in violence or instigating workers to indulge in violence and arrest the culprits.
Later a delegation of Youth Congress, led by Vikramaditya, submitted a memorandum to the Governor, addressed to the President, demanding withdrawal of the Land Acquisition Ordinance.
The memorandum said that the NDA government was bypassing the Parliament and adopting the "ordinance route" to get the Bills passed.
It alleged that the NDA government had promulgated nine ordinance during past seven months to implement its "anti-farmer and anti-poor" policies.
The BJP had supported the Land Acquisition Act passed by the UPA government last year and now it has issued an ordinance which negated the pro-farmer provisions made in the Act, the memorandum said.