AAP govt's 'anti-common man agenda' exposed: BJP
Chandigarh/Bathinda/Ferozepur, 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 assembly segment. In Mansa, Goma Ram, head of the party's district unit, and his deputy Amrinder Datewas were taken into custody as BJP leaders and workers were prevented from holding such camps in rural areas. The detainees were later released.
Punjab BJP's general secretary Dyal Singh Sodhi said no camp was held in Bathinda but it would be organised soon on the directions of the party high command. Sodhi termed the police action against the BJP leaders as a "murder of democracy."
A camp in Balluana of Abohar in Fazilka district was organised at the residence of party leader Vandana Sangwal in Amar Pura village in which Abohar MLA Sandeep Jakhar, former minister Surjit Kumar Jyani and BJP district president Kaka Kamboj were present. A police team, led by DSP Tejinderpal Singh, shut down the camp. Sandeep Jakhar said the BJP wanted the central government's welfare schemes to reach the people. "But the state government has been creating hurdles," he said.
"The police should focus on controlling crime and drug networks instead of acting like puppets of the Delhi government," Jakhar remarked. In a press release later, the party claimed Sandeep Jakhar, Jyani, Sangwal and Kamboj along with others were detained.
It Dasuya constituency's Haler village, police confiscated laptops from a campsite, prompting protests by former state BJP president and ex-MP Shwait Malik and others.
Similarly, in Amargarh constituency's Manak Majra village, BJP state general secretary Anil Sareen was detained with other leaders. In Mohali's Mullapur village, state vice president Dr Subhash Sharma was arrested with party workers at the Punjab-Chandigarh border and taken to the Derabassi police station....
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