Former Union Minister and BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu was detained by Punjab Police on Saturday after he protested in front of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s cavalcade near the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) gate. The incident took place as Mann arrived at PAU for the Kisan Mela.
Today, he said he had come to return the eggs and tomatoes. Speaking after the protest, Bittu said: “Yesterday, eggs and tomatoes were thrown at my convoy. Today, I have returned them.
Bittu had blamed the Mann government for the alleged attack. If AAP workers are going to protest against BJP leaders, rallies and yatras, then BJP workers will also exercise their democratic right to protest against the Punjab government and its leaders. We will not remain silent. “This is a clear message to the Punjab Government – political opposition cannot be silenced through police action.
Bittu said the BJP would continue to raise issues concerning Punjab and would organise peaceful democratic protests outside the chief minister’s programmes and offices whenever required. BJP workers will answer every democratic protest democratically and will continue to stand with the people of Punjab,” Bittu said. The Punjab Police later said that Bittu was detained for attempting to throw eggs and tomatoes at the Chief Minister’s convoy. Bittu had on Friday blamed the AAP government for the alleged attack on his convoy, saying it was the “dirtiest manifestation” of the AAP government’s panic. The BJP leader told reporters that if anything happens to him or those accompanying him, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and the state DGP will be responsible. “I have brought the incident to the notice of the Union Home Ministry,” Bittu, the grandson of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, said.
