BJP takes to streets across Punjab

Chandigarh / Jalandhar, Jan 7

The BJP held protests across the state against the alleged breach of security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi near Ferozepur on January 5.

On the call given by the party’s state leadership led by Ashwani Sharma, BJP workers staged dharnas and raised slogans against the Channi government. They alleged the ‘security breach’ was a conspiracy hatched by the Congress. They expressed anger that though the state DGP had given a clearance for the route to be taken by the Prime Minister, such an incident still took place. The protesters handed over memorandums to the deputy commissioners in all district headquarters.

In Jalandhar, BJP workers held a massive protest outside the DC office. Huge placards reading ‘Rosh March’ were put up at the protest site. BJP leaders said on the day of the Ferozepur rally BJP leaders and supporters were stopped all over the state. They alleged many were beaten and manhandled and their clothes and flags were torn.

They alleged that the state police worked in connivance with the Congress government of the state on the day of the rally. In Fatehgarh Sahib, BJP workers took out marches in Sirhind, Mandi Gobindgarh, Amloh, Bassi Pathana and Khamano towns of the district in protest. District BJP president Pardeep Garg, along with other leaders, submitted a memorandum, addressed to the President, to the DC.

Garg said if the PM was not safe in Punjab, then what safety could be assured to the common man. He said the PM was going to announce projects worth of thousands of crores for the state in the Ferozepur rally, but the way the Congress government did not allow him to reach the venue had caused a huge loss to Punjab. BJP leaders sought imposition of President’s rule, claiming that the law and order situation had worsened in the state. — TNS

(With inputs from Fatehgarh Sahib)