MC elections in Punjab should be held in conducive atmosphere: State BJP chief

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, 30 December

The law and order in the state was rapidly becoming unsafe and BJP demands that MC elections should be held only when the state has conducive peaceful atmosphere so that fair elections can be held, said state BJP chief Ashwani Sharma while calling on the Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore here on Wednesday.

The high-powered delegation has demanded that the Congress should be held responsible for the “highly precarious violate situation” in the state. “We fear that some miscreant forces are at work and the peaceful atmosphere of this land of five rivers is being disturbed,” said Sharma.

“However, we in the BJP party are being pragmatic and will always keep the harmony between the scared relationship of Hindus and Sikhs together. We have suffered considerably in the militancy phase and the dark forces could not finish our relationship then now again some forces are actively trying to destroy the harmonious fabric in the state,” said the BJP chief.

The BJP has also brought to the notice of the State Governor that “Ravneet Singh Bittu should be booked under the law for making insensitive and highly provocative statements that the state will see ‘corpses’”. “It reflects the psyche of the Congress party . The 1984 riots are a wound on the entire nation, please do not make the humanity go through this tragedy again,” Sharma said.

The BJP delegation in its memorandum has also said agitators parked outside the houses of the BJP leaders and workers should be removed and a place be designated to them to protest. “We believe and practise democratic rights. The voice of dissent is welcome but give the BJP also all the rights allowed in our country and not victimise its workers. The Congress government in the state led by Capt Amarinder Singh was out to destroy the economy and harmony in the state.”

The delegation included Dinesh Kumar, Vijay Sampla, Madan Mohan Mittal, Iqbal Singh Lalpura, Manoranjan Kalia, Teekshan Sood, Dr Subhash Sharma and Bikramjeet Singh Cheema.