Updated Jan 25, 2021 · 04:18 pm A file photo of Congress MP from Ludhiana Ravneet Singh Bittu. | Ravneet Singh Bittu via Facebook.
Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu on Sunday said he was assaulted by “mischievous elements” who heckled him, and tossed his turban during a during a “Jan Sansad’’ programme at the Singhu border near Delhi, reported PTI. The turbans of party MLA Kulbir Singh and MP Amritsar Aujla were also removed, reported the
Indian Express.
Bittu said the Congress leaders had gone to the Singhu border, where thousands of farmers are protesting against the new farm laws, to attend an event at the Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji Memorial. But as soon as they reached there, a group of protestors confronted the politicians, and asked them to go back.
Congress’s Ravneet Singh Bittu alleged a few people thrashed him, pulled off his turban and pushed him around during a programme at Delhi’s Singhu border. The Congress MP termed the incident as a "murderous attack".
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh blames AAP for attack on Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh alleged that the attack was not the handiwork of the peacefully protesting farmers but of AAP workers, whose only agenda is to weaken the farmers fight.
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PATIALA: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday blamed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers for the attack on Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu at the Singhu border the day before, a charge the main opposition party in the state denied.
Bittu was on Sunday allegedly assaulted, pushed around and his turban pulled off in what he described was a