Chandigarh, March 20 -- Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, alleging that the farmers' protest at Punjab's Shambhu and Khanauri borders was orchestrated at AAP leader's behest to serve his political interests.

"It was at the behest of Punjab CM @BhagwantMann that Punjab was held to ransom and allowed to bleed financially and economically for 400 days due to a dharna which was never in Punjab farmer's interests," Jhakhar said in a post on X.

"CM Bhagwant Mann has used, abused, and humiliated farmers for votes and is now trying to take credit ahead of Ludhiana bypoll for vacating a dharna which he himself propagated. This dharna was never a fight to safeguard farmer rights but for ...