AAP leaders gherao BJP office in protest against Kangana remark

Chandigarh, August 28

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab leaders on Wednesday gheraoed the BJP office in Chandigarh and condemned the BJP and its leader Kangana Ranaut for their anti-farmer stance. The AAP leaders said Kangana’s statement was nothing new, but it was the ideology of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

MLA Jagtar Singh Dayalpura (AAP Punjab Kisan wing president) and Shaminder Singh Khinda (Kisan wing in-charge and Chairman, Agro Industry Corporation) led the protest and a number of AAP leaders and volunteers joined the protest. The AAP leaders raised slogans against the MP and the BJP.

AAP Punjab senior spokesperson Neel Garg said Kangana was an MP now and she could not give random statements to target one group of people or another. He said it was not the first time that a BJP leader had given such statements against farmers. He said during farmers protests BJP leaders continuously issued statements to build propaganda against the farmers.

MLA Samrala Jagtar Singh Dayalpura said instead of playing drama of reprimanding Kangana, the BJP should expel her and file an FRI against her for defaming farmers.