BJP MP Raghav Chadha on Friday backed former union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu, who claimed an attack on his convoy by AAP workers near Punjab’s Batala.
Chadha said that the incident reveals the state of law and order in Punjab and accused the AAP of trying to attack his party member.
He confirmed that he has formally briefed Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) regarding the breach and requested immediate legal action against the perpetrators. On Friday, the former union minister said that his convoy was ambushed enroute to Pathankot near Ghaseetpur village, close to Batala. This implies that the common man in Punjab is not safe at all. He alleged that a crowd gathered along the highway near Ghaseetpura station, surrounded his vehicles, hurled eggs and tomatoes, and smashed the glass windows of his convoy cars. Two suspects were apprehended and handed over to local cops.
Earlier reporting noted: BJP’s Ravneet Bittu alleges attack on convoy by AAP workers in Punjab’s Batala, 2 held Former Union Minister of State and BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu alleged that his convoy was ambushed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers near Ghaseetpur village, close to Batala, while he was travelling from Amritsar to Pathankot to attend the launch of ‘Punjab Nasha Mukti Yatra’ being taken out by the saffron party across Punjab.
Reacting to his allegations, Raghav Chadha said: “The AAP is scared; that is why they are attempting to attack our party member, Ravneet Singh Bittu…Even a former minister like Ravneet Singh Bittu—who holds Z-plus security protection—is vulnerable to such attacks. The BJP leader said he was headed to the launch of BJP’s ‘Punjab Nasha Mukti Yatra’ when the alleged attack took place. Bittu said that AAP workers protested against him as his cavalcade approached an office belonging to Joban Randhawa, AAP’s in-charge for the Fatehgarh Churian assembly constituency. The BJP leader, who enjoys Z-plus security cover, said some protesters were armed, and that he had to take shelter inside a house nearby to protect himself. Bittu, who was a union minister then, had said that there was “no need” for Chadha to enter the BJP and also took jibes at his “catwalk”, among other personal remarks.
Earlier reporting noted: Bittu claimed that the attack was a planned attempt to corner his vehicle.
Bittu’s claims of an attack on his convoy came weeks after he stepped down as Union Minister of State for Railways and Food Processing Industries, with the Punjab Assembly elections due next year.
