Police on Monday foiled a proposed gherao of the civil secretariat here by the Congress party.

Led by its state president G A Mir, scores of Congress party workers tried to march towards the Secretariat, however they were stopped by the police on Moulana Azad road.

Mir said that the protest was being staged against the “failure” of the government to govern after taking oath last month.

“Mehbooba Mufti is bringing the same RSS, VHP and BJP in Kashmir and imposing them on the same voters from whom she had sought votes to keep BJP and RSS away from Kashmir,” Mir told the reporters.

“We wanted to remind Mehbooba Mufti that she sought votes from Kashmiris to keep BJP away from the state, but she is welcoming the same BJP to rule them.”Watch Police foil Congress’ bid to gherao secretariat in Srinagar With HD Quality.