India, March 21 -- Congress activists, led by state party president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, held a protest outside the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee office in Sector 15, Chandigarh, on Friday, accusing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of failing to fulfil its poll promise of providing Rs.1,000 a month to women.

The Congress demanded that the government pay Rs.36,000 in arrears to each woman for the past three years and immediately start the promised monthly payments.

The protest, which saw a large gathering of Congress workers, including women, was met with heavy police deployment. As tensions escalated, Chandigarh Police detained 25 Congress workers. Water cannons were used to disperse the protesters.

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