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As Punjab Congress MLAs Wednesday headed to the nationwide capital to take part in a ‘relay dharna’ known as by Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, they have been stopped at Delhi border by the police.
Former Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was additionally accompanying MLAs Raja Warring, Avtar Henry Junior, Rajinder Beri, Kaka Lohgarh, and Surjit Singh Dhiman, posted the video of his argument with the Delhi police on his Facebook account.
Sidhu stated he, being the consultant of two lakh individuals, was stopped. “This is democracy. We are representatives of 10 lakh people. But they do not understand that we will hit back as much as we are suppressed.”
After the argument with the police, the Delhi police was escorting Sidhu and different MLAs current there. Warring stated the police has informed them that they’ll escort them until Punjab Bhawan, the place the Punjab Congress MLAs have been congregating.
Their convoy was lastly escorted up until Punjab Bhawan in Delhi. Sidhu, whereas talking to media stated that he was united with the CM on the difficulty of farmers and he wouldn’t say something that would have a poor reflection on the unity.
He stated this was stunning that they have been stopped at the border and he needed to argue with the police and go on Facebook reside to make the police relent and allow them to attain Punjab Bhawan.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister’s workplace stated they’ve modified the venue for the relay dharna from Rajghat to Jantar Mantar. The CMO stated it was achieved after a request by the Delhi police for safety causes within the nationwide capital.
Amarinder Singh left for Delhi within the morning. He could be main the primary batch of MLAs to take a seat on the dharna towards President of India not giving the CM time and likewise to focus on the disaster in Punjab arising out of Centre’s “step-motherly treatment” as the products trains have been suspended to Punjab hitting provides. The coal, fertilisers and different important provides have been hit. Punjab’s thermal crops have been shut for non-availability of coal and the utility has imposed energy cuts within the state.
President Ram Nath Kovind has not given time to the chief minister, who wished to steer a delegation of MLAs to fulfill him to impress upon him to provide assent to Punjab’s Bills negating Centre’s farm legal guidelines.
The Centre has additionally withheld the Rural Development Fund of the stare for the continuing paddy procurement season.
© The Indian Express (P) Ltd
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