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Mohali, July 3
Protesting power cuts in Punjab, hundreds of workers and leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today staged a dharna at the Siswan T-point and later marched towards the farmhouse of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh in Mohali. They were demanding the Chief Minister’s resignation.
State AAP president Bhagwant Mann and Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Harpal Singh Cheema, along with their supporters, were detained by the police. However, they were released later.
The police had put up barricades to stop the protesters from moving towards the farmhouse. The protesters, after crossing the first line of barricades, tried to break the second line. However, the police used a water cannon to disperse them. In a gross violation of Covid-19 norms, the protesters clashed with the police.
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Amritsar, June 28
The AAP today staged a protest outside the residence of Congress MLA Raj Kumar Verka for allegedly misleading sanitation workers over regularisation of jobs. The protesters also burnt his effigy.
Leader of Opposition in Assembly Harpal Singh Cheema, who led the protesters, said the Congress government had been trying to mislead safai workers on jobs.
A few days ago, Verka had met CM Capt Amarinder Singh and announced regularisation of sanitation workers services. Cheema said the government had neither come up with any such policy nor had the issue been considered in the Cabinet. Cheema said Verka should apologise to sanitation workers for playing with their sentiments. The LoP said in the coming days, the AAP would expose false promises made by the Congress government to the people. “The CM had made tall promises to different sections of society, but none had been fulfilled so far,” he said.
The opposition BJP and SAD accused the Congress of misusing official machinery after it swept the civic body elections in Punjab on Wednesday. The ruling Congress won six municipal corporations and emerged as the largest party in the seventh. It also won a majority of the 109 municipal councils and nagar panchayats, officials said. The polling was held on February 7, against the backdrop of the farmers agitation over the new agri-marketing laws. Reacting to the poll outcome, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state unit chief Ashwani Sharma said, It was the worst day in Punjab s democracy today as the bullish power of the Congress seemed to be in full display.
Punjab civic polls: Opposition BJP, SAD allege Congress misused official machinery
The polling was held on February 7, against the backdrop of the farmers agitation over the new agri-marketing laws.
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CHANDIGARH: The opposition BJP and SAD accused the Congress of misusing official machinery after it swept the civic body elections in Punjab on Wednesday.
The ruling Congress won six municipal corporations and emerged as the largest party in the seventh.
It also won a majority of the 109 municipal councils and nagar panchayats, officials said.
The polling was held on February 7, against the backdrop of the farmers agitation over the new agri-marketing laws.