Cong behind damage to telecom infra, alleges BJP

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, December 29

BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh today accused the Congress of conspiring to break down the communication system in the border state, and demanded that the Central Government should respond to this firmly.

He alleged the state government had been covertly supporting disruptive elements in the state, which in the garb of farmers’ agitation had brought about urban Naxalism in the state. Besides damaging more than 1,600 communication towers, such elements would block roads and rails, paralyse toll plazas, he added.

Chugh said the Congress’ support to such elements was exposed today after senior Congress leader YB Srivasta, who is close to party former president Rahul Gandhi, has given a call that communication towers all over the country should be destroyed and paralysed on the pattern of Punjab. Srivasta has exposed the Congress’s mind to promote disrutpive elements in the border state, the BJP general secretary added.

“Why has the Amarinder government not taken action against anyone involved in destroying communication towers in Punjab?” Chugh wondered. Meanwhile, state BJP president Ashwani Sharma today demanded registration of FIR against Congress MP from Ludhiana Ravneet Singh Bittu for his alleged controversial statement that “there will be loads of dead bodies on roads, if the Central Government does not agree to the farmers’ demands”.

He said Bittu must explain whose bodies he wanted to see on roads. He said the BJP would protest Bittu and the Congress, and would ensure a case was registered against him. He said the BJP would launch a protest in Ludhiana from January 2, adding that on Wednesday, effigies of Bittu would be burnt across the state. He also demanded criminal cases against those who allegedly attacked the BJP leaders.

Don’t be govt’s stooge: Sharma to DGP

State BJP president Ashwani Sharma on Tuesday asked DGP Dinkar Gupta to deliver justice by doing “his duty” and not play second fiddle to Capt Amarinder Singh n Alleging the law and order was deteriorating in the state, Sharma said: “We want a fair and just police force and not a ‘stooge’ which panders to the state government”

FIR sought against Bittu over statement

• The BJP on Tuesday demanded FIR against Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu for his alleged statement that “there will be loads of dead bodies on roads, if the Centre does not agree to the farmers’ demands”
• Sharma said the BJP would burn Bittu’s effigies on Wednesday and launch a protest against him in Ludhiana from January 2