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LUDHIANA: In a unique type of protest, Lok Insaf Party (LIP) members carried out protest against high fuel and cooking gas prices with a cart driven by donkey with two scooties and LPG cylinders on it here on Monday.
The protest was led by district president of LIP, Baldev Singh and Gagandeep Singh aka Sunny Kainth, spokesperson LIP Punjab and incharge Halqa Gill. It started from Jagraon bridge and culminated at Ghanta Ghar Chowk.
In the protest, a donkey was seen pulling the cart with two scooties and LPG cylinders loaded on it. During the protest rally, protestors raised slogans against the Modi government for high fuel and LPG prices and some of the protestors were seen beating tin containers.
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