India, Aug. 25 -- The Punjab BJP on Sunday stated that police detained several party leaders and workers in a crackdown and forcibly stopped its "public welfare camps" aimed at creating awareness about central government's schemes.

BJP's state working president Ashwani Sharma said, "After promising health, education and employment, the AAP government is now blocking information about central schemes from reaching the people, exposing its anti-common man agenda." The state BJP had planned awareness camps in Rupnagar, Mohali, Mansa, Hoshiarpur, Patiala, Fazilka, Muktsar and Pathankot.

In Muktsar, district president Satish Asija and senior leader Rajesh Pathela were detained before they could hold a camp in Lakkarwala village in the Malout...