SP, Nishad Party hold protests against cane charge on Gorakhpur MP

Samajwadi Party and Nishad Party workers Friday held separate protests against lathi-charge on Gorakhpur MP, Praveen Nishad, and others on Thursday while they were staging a demonstration for granting reservation to the Nishad community under the Scheduled Caste category.

SP workers held a protest at the Laxmibai park and handed over memorandum to city magistrate demanding action against police for resorting to cane charge and also a high level probe into it.

While taking to reporters at the SP protest, Praveen Nishad said, "We are Samajwadi people, we are Nishad Party people and we are BSP people... we are not Yogi, we won't shed tears in Parliament ... will give befitting reply."
Nishad Party also demonstrated inside the district hospital, alleging that those who sustained injuries in Thursday's police action were not provided proper medical facilities