2 min readJalandhar/chandigarh/sangurDec 16, 2015 12:20 AM IST
First published on: Dec 16, 2015 at 12:20 AM IST
Demanding the resignation of Punjab Agriculture Minister Tota Singh for the alleged pesticide scam and farmer suicides, the AAP organised statewide protests Tuesday.
Punjab co-convenor of AAP Durgesh Pathak said, “While the peasantry and industry of Punjab is dying and people are being tortured by police and Akali leaders, Congress and Akali Dal are busy holding rallies.” He said the people of Punjab are observing both parties and a will give them a befitting reply in the polls.
At Sangrur, the dharna focused on CBI raids at the office of the principal secretary to Delhi CM. Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann said, “CBI is a puppet in the hands of PM Narendra Modi and the NDA government is trying to make life difficult for the AAP government…They are trying to get President’s rule implemented in Delhi, but they won’t succeed.”
“The gathering at SAD and Congress rallies in Patiala and Bathinda should not be taken as the success of the parties. Mass support is the factor that decides that,” he said. “AAP will announce its poll strategy on the day of Maghi mela and we will start announcing candidates from April so that our candidates get ample time to work.”
In Jalandhar, party workers pasted the memorandum on the chair of the deputy commissioner when they didn’t find him. The DC claimed he was attending a video conference with the chief minister at the time. (With PTI inputs)
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