Bharatiya Janata Party General Secretary Dushyant Gautam on Saturday alleged that the Congress wanted to convert peaceful farmer protests i...
Bharatiya Janata Party General Secretary Dushyant Gautam on Saturday alleged that the Congress wanted to convert peaceful farmer protests into “bloodshed” as he accused the Punjab government of orchestrating an attack on saffron workers in the state, reported PTI.
“If there is any bloodshed or loss [of life] in the coming days, then the Congress and the left parties will be responsible,” Gautam told a press conference. The BJP leader claimed that Congress’ Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu had himself said in a statement that the ongoing farmers’ agitation against the new agricultural laws will not end, “and to achieve our objective we can even pile up bodies, shed blood and go to any extent”.
Gautam added that his party workers were attacked in some parts of Punjab on the day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi engaged with farmers and addressed them.
A group of farmers had on Friday allegedly ransacked the venue of an event organised by the BJP to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Bathinda in Punjab, the police said. At least five party workers were injured.
A group of people was listening to Modi’s speech at the venue when some men, who the police claim were...
