Prayagraj: Under the leadership of Congress Party’s Gangapar District President Ashfaq Ahmed staged a protest in the Phulpur Tehsil against registered cases against Jagatguru Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand under various sections in a fake and illegal manner. Ashfaq Ahmed demanded to immediately return the matter and conduct an impartial investigation and take strict legal action by registering a case against the police guilty of uprooting Shankaracharya’s disciples and Batukas and hitting them with shoes during the Kumbh Mela. On this occasion, Ahmed said that the BJP government keeps doing the work of division and fighting in the name of religion, sect, temple, mosque. If the cases against Shankaracharya are not withdrawn, the Congress party will be forced to agitate. The protest was addressed by Assembly in-charge Devraj Upadhyay, special invitee member Sharad Upadhyay Munna, District Vice President Nisha Singh, Sunil Pandey Anupam Dwivedi, Dr. Amar Singh Patel, Bholanath Tiwari etc. On this occasion, warroom in-charge Saddam Hussain Siddiqui, Sahana Begum, Block President Ritesh Pasi, Sangam Lal Gupta, Salim Tiger, Safiq Hafiz, Haribhan Singh Singraur, Pushpa Chaudhary, Manju Devi, Urmila Singh, Sufia Bano, Sangeeta Patel, Poonam Yadav, Mithlesh Yadav, Sitara Devi, Indravati Devi, Geeta Devi, Ranjana Devi, RanjitaDevi, Shyam ji Dhuria, Radha Raman Yadav, Hridayanand Yadav, Sunita Devi, Shyam Yadav etc. were present.