CHANDIGARH: The Indian National Lok Dal on Saturday decided to organise marches at all the

district headquarters in Haryana to protest against "rampant corruption, deteriorating law and order, scarcity of water and electricity, rising prices and the sealing drive launched by the

Hooda Government".

The protest demonstrations would be organised from January 9 to 17 and memorandums addressed to the Governor would be submitted to the respective District Commissioners. This decision was taken at a State INLD executive and Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting presided over by party president and former Haryana Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala.

An INLD spokesman here said that protest marches at Faridabad, Sirsa and Jind would be organised on January 9, Narnaul, Kurukshetra and Rohtak on January 10, Bhiwani, Yamunanagar and Sonepat on January 11, Rewari, Fatehabad and Karnal on January 12, Mewat, Kaithal and Jhajjar on January 15, Gurgaon, Panchkula and Panipat on January 16, and Hisar and Ambala on January 17. Senior INLD leaders, including Rajya Sabha MP Ajay Singh Chautala, former State INLD president Sher Singh Barshami, former MLA Abhay Singh Chautala, former Minister Sampat Singh, former Chief Parliamentary Secretary Rampal Majra and State INLD president Ashok Arora would lead the protest marches.

The PAC decided to support the Shiromani Akali Dal and its alliance candidates in the upcoming Punjab elections to ensure defeat of the Congress.

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