The members, around 2,000 in number, who courted arrest near Mini Secretariat in the afternoon were released later. There were a number of women among the agitators. The protesting members raised slogans against the Central Government and demanded that land be returned to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board.
Eminent persons, who courted arrest included Prof Rajinder Bhandari, BJP state president, Anil Sareen, state general secretary of BJP, Parveen Bansal, Sunita Aggarwal, Renu Thapar, Vijay Singh of RSS, Sukhminder Singh Grewal, Punjab state chief of BJP Investors’ Cell, Narayan Dass, Atul Krishan of Bishav Hindu Parishad etc. Earlier, the agitating members organised a protest rally outside the Mini Secretariat.
