RBI gherao : Police detain 100 Assam Congress workers
Assam congress workers- led by former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, APCC president Ripun Bora, AICC leader CP Joshi had protested against demonetisation and demanded reprint of scraping notes.
During the protest, several Congress workers were injured while they attempted to break the security barricade to enter inside the RBI gate.
Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi said that Centre's demonetisation step had murdered the democracy.
"It is an anti-people policy. Modi government had murdered the democracy and we will raise our voice for the people's right, to restore the democracy," Gogoi said.
On the other hand, APCC president Ripun Bora said that, demonetisation hited Indian economy.
Later police released the Congress workers who were detained earlier.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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