Babla flays move, writes to Chandigarh Adviser

Chandigarh, August 30

“Residents of Sector 27 have been badly hurt by today’s incident. On the festival of Janmashtami, it is shameful to not allow residents of the sector to leave their houses. I strongly oppose this,” wrote Devinder Singh Babla, councillor and the leader of Opposition, MC, to UT Adviser Dharam Pal.

He addressed problems faced by sector residents during the Khattar’s visit to the city today. Babla wrote: “The entire sector was converted into a police cantonment.”

He told the Chandigarh Tribune that several locals had frowned upon today’s incident in a WhatsApp group.

Bhupinder Sandhu, a senior citizen who lives alone in Sector 27-B, said: “My house help had to come, but was stuck. He was harassed like anything and had to find a way to my house through inner roads. I’m an old woman and was troubled.”

Somila Sandhu, vice-president of the Residents Welfare Association (Sector 27-A and 27-B), said: “If Khattar wanted to do such a conference, he could have held it as his residence or at the Rally Ground. Why make the residents suffer?.” TNS