Jammu: Demanding holiday on the birthday of erstwhile Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh, Rajputs Friday held protests against Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti when she came here to inaugurate a park in his name.

Flanked by deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh, Mehbooba today inaugurated a newly set up Maharaja Hari Singh park, his sculpture, a library and restaurant on the banks of river Tawi today.

Over 150 activists of youth wing of Jammu and Kashmir Rajput Sabha led by its chief Pawan Singh sat on dharna in protest against the inauguration of Jammu Development Authority (JDA) park by Mehbooba.

They raised anti Mehbooba and anti BJP-PDP slogans and demanded holiday on the birthday of Maharaja, September 23. PTI

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