Traffic was affected and several people were stranded in many parts of national capital New Delhi on Wednesday as a number of Bharatiya Janata Party and Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists blocked roads as part of their nationwide 'chakka jam' agitation over the Amarnath land row.
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Vehicular movement was badly affected on the busy Vikas Marg, Akshardham, Deepali Chowk, Wazirpur, Moolchand and the Delhi-Jaipur Highway.
Carrying VHP flags, slogan-shouting supporters of the Sangh Parivar started assembling at various intersections at about 0900 hours for their two-hour nationwide road blockade stir.
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Delhi BJP unit president Harsh Vardhan led the protesters at Noida More near Lakshmi Nagar in east Delhi blocking traffic on Vikas Marg. The protest will end at 1100 hours.
A senior police official said adequate security measures were taken in view of the protest.
VHP general secretary Pravin Togadia said the agitation programme of the VHP demanding immediate transfer of forest land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board could culminate into a nationwide movement on the lines of 'Chalo Ayodhya'.
Traffic blocked in Mumbai
Traffic was also disrupted at some places in Mumbai and neighbouring Navi Mumbai on Wednesday as VHP and Bajrang Dal activists set up road blocks.
In Navi Mumbai, VHP and Bajrang Dal workers threw old tyres on roads and set them on fire to block passage of vehicles.
The outfits are opposing the Jammu and Kashmir government's decision to cancel land allotment to the Amarnath Shrine Board.