The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary and incharge for Punjab affairs Dushyant Gautam on Thursday accused the Congress government in the State of attempting to create an atmosphere of hatred and violence. “The Punjab police unfortunately is playing a partisan role and is allowing protesters to picket outside residences of our workers and leaders,” alleged Mr. Gautam. The protesters supporting the ongoing farm agitation had been staging ‘dharnas’ outside residences of several BJP leaders for the past many days. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, meanwhile hit out at Punjab BJP, accusing it for spreading false propaganda surrounding law and order situation in the State. Amarinder said BJP state president Ashwani Sharma was making desperate attempts to falsely project a law-and-order problem in Punjab, which reflected the party’s fear of complete annihilation in the upcoming civic polls.

Source: The Hindu January 01, 2021 00:10 UTC