Summary:
ROORKEE: A ‘Jan Aakrosh’ rally organised by the Congress to protest against the alleged failure of the state government on several fronts, including failing to curb rising prices, received a lukewarm response in Roorkee on Thursday. Around 1,200 Congress supporters participated in the rally. Heavy police force had been deployed to thwart any untoward incident at the rally.Former chief minister Harish Rawat , leader of opposition Indira Hridayesh, Kishore Upadhyay, Pritam Singh, Sarita Arya and Sanjay Paliwal were among those present..