Amritsar : Former Union Minister and BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu was detained by Punjab Police on Saturday after he protested near the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU). During the protest, Bittu held up a bottle of liquor towards the Chief Minister’s convoy and said he was “returning the bottle” to Mann. Bittu also tried to return eggs and tomatoes that were allegedly thrown at his cavalcade near Batala on Friday while he was travelling for the BJP’s Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra.
After his detention, Bittu wrote in a Facebook post that the voice of the people could not be suppressed by detaining people or registering police cases against them. Speaking after the protest, Bittu said, “Yesterday, eggs and tomatoes were thrown at my cavalcade. Today I have returned them. If AAP workers are going to protest against BJP leaders at rallies and marches, then BJP workers will also exercise their democratic right to protest against the Punjab Government and its leaders.
“This is a clear message to the Punjab Government, political opposition cannot be silenced through police action. BJP workers will answer every democratic protest democratically and will continue to stand with the people of Punjab,” Bittu said. Bittu was subsequently detained by Punjab Police and taken away from PAU. He was not close to the Chief Minister’s convoy but was at the PAU gate, where he had reached to stage the protest.
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. “This is a clear message to the Punjab Government – political opposition cannot be silenced through police action. 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.
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