LUCKNOW, Feb. 20 -- The Uttar Pradesh Congress on Thursday held a peaceful 'Satyagraha' in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue at the party's state headquarters in protest against the alleged lathi-charge on party workers during the February 17 Assembly gherao under the 'MGNREGA Bachao campaign'. "At the behest of the BJP, police lathi-charged Congress members, injuring several workers. In protest against the violence, we decided to protest by way of Satyagraha, a path shown by Gandhiji," claimed Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai. Congress leaders and workers also paid floral tribute to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi. Pramod Tiwari, deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha; Aradhana Mishra, Uttar Pradesh Congress Legislature Party leader; Rudra Daman Singh, Congress Lucknow district chief along with other Congress leaders and workers took part in the protest. htc...