Chandigarh, March 20 -- Punjab BJP Chief Sunil Jakhar on Thursday alleged that state Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann used, abused and humiliated farmers for votes.
Jakhar, in a social media post, alleged that it was at the behest of the Chief Minister 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 farmers' interests.
He alleged that Mann has "used, abused, and humiliated" farmers for votes and was now trying to
take credit ahead of the Ludhiana bypoll for vacating a dharna which he himself propagated.
"This dharna was never a fight to safeguard farmer rights but for oneupmanship between self styled 'akhauti' leaders propped up by the CM, to mass...