Ludhiana: A day after Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu was attacked when he had gone at the farmers’ protest site at Singhu border, several political parties have condemned the incident. But at the same time several leaders are questioning why in the first place Bittu went to the protest site and claimed that the attack reflected the sentiments of the farmers.
Meanwhile, scores of Congress workers and leaders since Monday evening have started claiming that a leader of Aam Admi Party leader from Patti was among the attackers who manhandled Bittu.
Gurdeep Singh Gosha, district president of Youth Akali Dal, Ludhiana, said, “Our party condemns any act of violence regardless of the victim being from any party. But this incident raises several questions on the intentions of Bittu as to why in the first place he went there when he knew that farmers had clearly warned leaders of all political parties from coming to the protest site. I hope that after this untoward incident MP Bittu an
He joined Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at a young age and was given party’s ticket from Ludhiana west constituency. He also remained state general secretary of the party and now is spokesperson of the party. 41-year-old Ahbaab Grewal, farmer-cum-politician, has a take on issues related to ongoing farmers’ agitation and also about political scenario in Ludhiana. He talks to TOI’s Shariq Majeed on various issues related to farmers’ agitation and about Ludhiana.
Q: How do you see things evolving in Punjab in view of the ongoing farmers’ agitation?
A: It is the habit of the government to shove everything down the people’s throats. The way they scared the CAA-NRC protesters and crushed them, they felt that they would do it here as well. Fortunately, that trick didn’t work here and their ploy to use polarisation as a tool also failed here badly. The ball is totally in their court now. They feel that they will not go back but the thing is that if they are trying to reform somethi