Farrukhabad, July 14: Angry over suspension of the Kannauj district magistrate and the SP by Chief Minister Mayawati, villagers staged a sit-in on a national highway, near here, blocking traffic and shouting anti-government slogans. The villagers last night also stopped a train on way to Kasganj and beat up passengers of a bus coming from Kanpur, reports said. Residents from over a dozen villages staged the sit-in on Shershah Suri National Highway protesting what they called the "arbitrary" manner in which action was taken against the officials. The chief minister suspended the DM and the SP during a review meeting here yesterday.
Local politicians too joined the protesters alleging the chief minister's action was a well planned design to demoralise bureaucracy. Bureau Report