Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, October 30-
The AAP held a major protest in Chandigarh on Wednesday against the central BJP government over the issues of slow procurement of paddy and the lifting of old grains in Punjab’s markets.
As AAP leaders were about to encircle the BJP office in Chandigarh, the Chandigarh police detained them and used water cannons to stop them. There were clashes and pushing between AAP leaders and the police. During the scuffle, Minister Harjot Bains's turban fell off, which escalated the matter.
The protest included AAP ministers Harjot Singh Bains, Harbhajan Singh ETO, Tarun Preet Singh Sondh, Lal Chand Kataruchakk, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Laljit Singh Bhullar, Dr. Ravjot Singh, Hardeep Singh Mundia, the party's working president Principal Budhram, state general secretary Harchand Singh Barsat, and MLAs Ashok Pappi Parashar, Ranbir Singh Bhullar, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhi, Narinder Kaur Bharaj, Dinesh Chaddha, Charanjit Singh Channi, Inderbir Singh Nijjar, Balkar Singh, Rupinder Singh Happy, Jameel-ur-Rehman, Santosh Kataria, Sukhbir Singh Maisarkhana, AAP leaders Pawan Kumar Tinu, Sunny Ahluwalia, Parminder Goldie, Prabhjot Kaur, and many other office bearers, along with hundreds of party workers and supporters.