Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, December 10
Members of an auto-rickshaw union, here, staged a protest against Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Jagraon Bridge for not waiving off their pendi
Ludhiana: The daylong bandh call by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) evoked a mixed response in the city on Friday as only a few markets closed and that too briefly. Confusion prevailed among several residents who were under the impression that public transport will also remain closed.
Office-bearers of CAIT claimed the bandh was hugely successful, and in accordance with the call given by confederation’s Punjab unit, dozens of businessmen, led by state president Harkesh Mittal, submitted a memorandum of demands to Tejbir Singh Sidhu, deputy commissioner, state tax, Ludhiana division. Businessmen also offered several suggestions regarding changes required in the GST laws and Sidhu assured them these would be conveyed to the senior officers.
Ludhiana: Claiming that SAD has managed to strike into the urban vote bank, which was BJP’s strength, and it was their aim to weaken the saffron party.
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