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BJP Blames AAP Leaders After Alleged Attack on Bittu’s Convoy
BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu said his convoy was allegedly attacked in Punjab.
He said the incident happened near Batala while he was going to Pathankot.
Bittu claimed that more than 100 AAP workers threw stones and eggs.
BJP leaders blamed Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal.
They said the alleged attack showed that law and order was getting worse.
They also accused the AAP government of using intimidation against BJP leaders.
BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi criticized the government’s handling of drug addiction among young people.
The report presents the BJP’s allegations and does not include a response from AAP.
BJP leaders accused Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal of ordering an alleged attack on Ravneet Singh Bittu’s convoy.
Bittu claimed that AAP workers attacked his cavalcade near Batala while he was traveling to an anti-drug yatra in Pathankot.
The allegations included claims that more than 100 AAP workers hurled stones and eggs at the convoy.
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Chugh described the incident as evidence of deteriorating law and order and an alleged “mafia raj” in Punjab.
BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi accused the AAP government of failing Punjab’s youth over drug addiction and warned that voters would respond.
- Who
- BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu reported the alleged attack; BJP leaders blamed Bhagwant Mann, Arvind Kejriwal and alleged AAP workers.
- What
- Bittu claimed that his convoy was attacked with stones and eggs by more than 100 alleged AAP workers.
- Where
- Near Batala in Punjab, while Bittu was traveling to an anti-drug yatra in Pathankot.
- When
- Friday, September 18; the year is not specified in the report.
- Why
- BJP leaders alleged that the incident was intended to intimidate BJP leaders and reflected panic within the AAP government; these claims were not independently established in the report.
Key facts
- Reported target
- BJP leader and former Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu
- Alleged attackers
- More than 100 people described by Bittu as AAP workers
- Alleged methods
- Stones and eggs were reportedly hurled at the convoy
- Location
- Near Batala, Punjab
- Destination
- An anti-drug yatra in Pathankot
- BJP response
- Tarun Chugh called the incident evidence of declining law and order and an alleged “mafia raj”
- Additional criticism
- Sudhanshu Trivedi accused the AAP government of worsening drug addiction among Punjab’s youth
Quotes
Sudhanshu Trivedi
BJP national spokesperson speaking at a press conference about the alleged attack
“This cowardly attack on the convoy of BJP leader Ravneet Bittu in Pathankot, carried out at the behest of Guru Dokhi Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal, is the dirtiest manifestation of AAP’s panic, frustration and dictatorial tendencies.”
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“Let this deaf ‘AAP’ government and the goons it harbours listen carefully: such cowardly attacks and hollow threats will not break the resolve of our leaders and workers.”
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