Bathinda, June 5
Today it was a different day for the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, and Congress workers of Bathinda and Muktsar districts.

The workers waylaid the Chief Minister when he was moving out from the local field hostel to proceed towards the helipad. They expressed resentment against the Congress and government functionaries for the alleged humiliation being faced by them at their hands. Capt Amarinder Singh after listening to the grievances, directed the officials concerned to do the needful.

The agitated workers delayed him for about an hour and levelled allegations of corruption and insulting behaviour against government officials.

The workers conveyed their problems to Ms Ambika Soni and Ms Santosh Chaudhary also who had accompanied the Chief Minister to a function organised in connection with the flagging off ceremony of trucks loaded with wheat to the drought-hit Rajasthan.

Ms Soni had to direct some officials to change their style of functioning and warned them against receiving any more complaints.

The police had a tough time in controlling the agitated workers.

Mr H.S. Hanspal, president of the PPCC, who addressed a workers’ convention in this town recently had also faced a similar situation.