Dehradun Apr 18 PTI Two more people have been arrested in connection with the violence in Dada Jalalpur village of Bhagwanpur area in Uttarakhand where the situation is returning to normal police said on MondayA Hanuman Jayanti procession was pelted with stones while it was crossing through the village near Roorkee in Haridwar district Saturday evening leaving four persons injured they saidBhagwanpur Police Station SHO P D Bhatt said two more accused were arrested on Monday in connection with the incident taking the total number of arrests to 11Meanwhile a delegation of Congress leaders including PCC president Karan Mahra Leader of Opposition in Uttarakhand Assembly Yashpal Arya and former chief minister Harish Rawat met Governor Lt Gen retd Gurmit SinghThe delegation accused organisations affiliated with the BJP of creating an atmosphere of fear in the state and the police of taking one-sided action It also demanded an impartial inquiry into the incidentAccording to police the situation is gradually returning to normal in Dada Jalalpur and the deployment of police force in the village has also been reducedSHO Bhatt said FIRs have been registered against 13 named persons and 40 unidentified people under various IPC sectionsPTI ALM SRY

Dehradun Apr 18 PTI Leader of Opposition in the Uttarakhand Assembly Yashpal Arya formally assumed office at the Vidhan Sabha here on Monday but more than half of Congress MLAs were absent on the occasion belying the partys claims of unity The Congress MLAs in attendance were Bhuvan Chandra Kapri Mamata Rakesh Anupama Rawat Sumit Hridayesh Manoj Tiwari and Gopal Rana The programme was also attended by state Congress president Karan Mahra and senior party leader Harish Rawat Among the MLAs who did not attend the programme were Pritam Singh Rajendra Bhandari Madan Singh Bisht and Harish Dhami Eleven of the 19 Congress MLAs in the state were also absent from the programme held at the party office here on Sunday when newly appointed state party chief Karan Mahra formally assumed charge The MLAs absent from Sundays programme were Pritam Singh Mamata Rakesh Rajendra Bhandari Vikram Singh Negi Furkan Ahmad Mayukh Mahar Madan Singh Bisht Khushal Singh Adhikari Tilak Raj Behar Gopal Singh Rana and Harish Dhami Though Congress leaders including Mahra have claimed that there is no resentment in the party the absence of more than half of party MLAs from two important programmes indicates that all is not well with the party Around 10 Congress MLAs in Uttarakhand are said to be unhappy with the recent revamp of the partys state unit The most vocal among the disgruntled MLAs has been Dharchula legislator Harish Dhami who spoke openly against the party leadership He even said that he will be forced to contest the next assembly polls in the state as an independent if neglected by his party Though denying any resentment among MLAs both Arya and Mahra have been saying that party leaders who have any grievances should voice them on an appropriate party forum PTI ALM RDK