Punjab: Protesters unload dung-laden trolley at BJP ex-minister’s home

By: Express News Service | Chandigarh, Jalandhar |

Updated: January 2, 2021 12:50:58 am

The protests in opposition to the farm legal guidelines flip unsavory in Punjab Friday with a gaggle of individuals unloading a dung-laden trolley in entrance of a BJP chief’s home in Hoshiarpur, prompting Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to warn the agitators to not take regulation of their palms whereas stating that such actions went in opposition to the spirit of ‘Punjabiyat’.
A gaggle, believed to be farmers, unloaded the trolley inside the primary entrance to residence of former Punjab minister Tikshan Sud. They additionally raised slogans in opposition to the Centre for its alleged callous perspective in direction of farmers’ calls for.
Meanwhile, some BJP supporters reached the spot. Hoshiarpur SSP Navjot Singh Mahal stated {that a} violent conflict between the BJP employees and the protesters was averted following an intervention by a DSP-led police workforce. He stated a case has been registered underneath part 452 (trespassing) and 506 (prison Intimidation) in opposition to unidentified individuals.
Some BJP led by Sud staged a dharna on the Rai Bahadur Jodhamal street in Hoshiarpur, looking for motion in opposition to these accountable for it.
Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma condemned the incident. Sharma stated some mischievous individuals underneath the garb of farmers “attacked” Sud’s residence, solely to disturb peace and brotherhood within the state.
Taking a critical be aware of the incident, Amarinder stated invasion of privateness will deliver a nasty identify to the peaceable agitation of farmers and defeat its very goal and warned protesters to not take regulation of their palms of their battle for the farmers’ rights.
In an announcement, the CM condemned such behaviour and appealed to the protestors to not trigger any harassment or inconvenience to households of political functionaries of any celebration.
“After months of showing exemplary restraint, and not indulging in any violence or lawlessness in Punjab, as well as at the borders of the national capital, some protestors were losing restraint despite being categorically asked by Kisan leaders to keep the protests peaceful,” stated Amarinder. He urged the protesters to precise their solidarity with the farmers in the identical spirit of self-discipline as had been demonstrated up to now by farmer organizations and lakhs of their supporters.

The CM warned that such makes an attempt at forcible entry into the homes of any political functionaries, or picketing of their houses, had the harmful potential of vitiating the environment of peace and destroy the concord amongst individuals of numerous castes, religions, communities, which was contrarian to the Punjabi spirit of concord and unity. “Politics has its own place, but we must keep the spirit of Punjabiyat alive,” he stated.
Urging the protestors to maintain religion within the farmers’ leaders engaged in talks with the central authorities, Amarinder stated any acts of harassment or violence have been violative of the spirit of their democratic to protest peacefully. “Traumatisation of the families of political leaders or workers through such acts could also lead to a law and order problem in Punjab, which had achieved the distinction of being one of the most peaceful states in the country in the past few years,” he added.