New Delhi: Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, who was on his way to address a press conference on the ongoing farmers' protest in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, was allegedly manhandled by two protesters belonging to a fringe outfit.
Bhartiya Hindu Sena has claimed responsibility for the attack on Yechury. Upendra Kumar and Pawan Kaul, the two Hindu Sena activists, have been detained by Delhi Police.
Yechury was on his way to the third floor of the AK Gopalan Bhawan, the headquarters of the CPM in New Delhi, to talk about the agitating farmers when he was accosted by the two protesters. The two were shouting 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' while attacking Yechury.
#WATCH One of the 2 protesters who tried to manhandle Sitaram Yechury during his press conf. in Delhi, later beaten up;handed over to Police pic.twitter.com/NRUcrljB2W? ANI (@ANI_news) June 7, 2017
Yechury tweeted a response to the attack from his official Twitter handle @SitaramYechury, saying, "We will not be cowed down by any attempts of Sangh's goondagardi to silence us. This is a battle for the soul of India, which we will win."
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