The event, organised by All Under One Banner, culminated in a mass rally on Glasgow Green.
In the independence referendum in 2014, Scotland voted against becoming an independent country byFormer first minister Nicola Sturgeon had said she wanted a vote to take place on 19 October this year.the Scottish government cannot hold an independence referendum without the UK government's consent.
He said such a move could have been used as a bargaining tool in the push for a second independence referendum. But Mr Yousaf dismissed the suggestion of involving the police, and said it would have "not been the right thing to do".Protestors also gathered on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, to call for a democratically-elected head of state
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