Won’t permit anybody disturb peace, concord in Punjab: AAP after group conflict in Patiala

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday condemned the clashes between two teams in Patiala district of Punjab and asserted that it’ll not permit “anyone” disturb peace and concord within the state.

The celebration, which guidelines Punjab, additionally demanded that “all miscreants must be brought to book and punished.”

Local authorities introduced an 11-hour curfew in Punjab’s Patiala district on Friday after 4 individuals have been injured when two teams clashed over an “anti-Khalistan march”.

The curfew will probably be enforced between 7 pm Friday and 6 am Saturday.

“Strongly condemned the clash between the two political groups in Patiala. We’ll not allow anyone to disturb peace and harmony. All miscreants must be brought to book and punished,” AAP’s ballot strategist and co-in cost of celebration’s political affairs in Punjab, Sandeep Pathak, stated in a tweet.

The conflict passed off exterior the Kali Mata temple when members of an outfit that calls itself “Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray)” started a “Khalistan Murdabad March”.

Some Sikh activists, together with Nihangs, took out one other march in opposition to the Sena occasion.

Near the Kali Mata temple, the 2 teams got here nose to nose and hurled stones at one another.

The temple gates have been locked and police deployed in massive numbers to forestall the state of affairs from escalating additional within the metropolis, police stated.

A Sena chief stated the outfit had deliberate the march as a reply to the announcement by Sikhs for Justice to mark the ‘basis day of Khalistan’ on April 29.

Patiala Inspector General of Police Rakesh Agarwal advised reporters that the state of affairs was now below management.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann termed the incident unlucky and stated he was in contact with the state police chief.

He stated Punjab’s peace and concord have been of utmost significance.