PM Manmohan Singh Shown black flags during Amritsar visit
merisarkar news service New Delhi, January 01, 2012
PM shown black flags
Nearly 40 supporters of social activist Anna Hazare, who is championning the cause of strong anti corruption body, staged protest against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA government for non enacting Lokpal bill, as Prime Minister came out of Sikh's holiest shrine Golden Temple after paying obeisance along with his wife Gursharan Kaur on Sunday.
Supporters of Anna under the banner of India against Corruption were showing black flags.
Taking a cue from pre independence anti Simon Commission agitation, the Anna supporters raised slogans including 'Go Simon Go' and 'PM Jao Jan Lokpal Bill Lao' Strangely security personals were caught unaware of the proposed protest by Anna' supporters. "We had stayed overnight in Golden Temple in groups of four's so that no one could suspect on us" said one of the Anna's supporter Harinder Singh while talking to local media.
PM with wife at Golden temple
He said as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was about to come back from sanctum sanctorum, all the groups contacted over mobile phones and assembled outside Golden Temple where they were also joined by common man. As they saw Manmohan Singh coming out they started shouting slogans, they were however prevented by security personals to not get closer to the Prime Minister.
Harinder Singh said they wanted to make Prime Minister realize the importance of Jan Lokpal Bill for the country.
Earlier Prime Minister and his wife had arrived at Golden Temple at around 6.30AM and listened kirtan inside sanctum sanctorum of Golden Temple for about 40 minutes. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee presented Siropa (robe of honour) to Manmohan Singh and his wife.
Later both of them went to Durgiana Temple to pay obeisance.
