AAP workers throng Mohali to gherao Punjab CM residence, Chandigarh roads sealed, Badal to wait at home

CHANDIGARH: As the AAP volunteers from across the Punjab have started reaching Mohali to march to Chandigarh to gherao the residence of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the police from Punjab and Chandigarh has sealed the key roads to prevent AAP from marching to CM’s residence.Badal has cancelled all his engagements for the day including his sangat darshan at Dirba to make himself available for AAP leaders if they wanted to see him.AAP has planned to mobilise one lakh volunteers for the march to Badal’s residence in protest against Rs.12000 crore food grains scam in Punjab.Sanjay Singh AAP incharge of Punjab said that Badal was using police force to scuttle their protest and police issuing threats to AAP workers to prevent them from participating in the march. He said that AAP would go ahead with its plans and will gherao the residence by 11 AM.Meanwhile, Chief Minister’s Advisor on National Affairs Harcharan Bains said that the CM had cancelled his programmes programs in view of the reported programme of the Aam Aadmi Party even though that party had not sent any formal information to this effect.The Chief Minister further said,” It is clear by now that the leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab had no control over their workers. Instead of a political party, they have come to resemble an unruly mob in which it is free for all for everyone on every issue. This is not democracy but anarchy of a dangerous kind and this robs all their actions of any seriousness and sobriety. “The Chief Minister also said that from the very start, the intention of the leaders of the AAP had been not to undertake any serious exercise for the welfare of the people in general and farmers in particular but “merely to deflect people’s attention from the betrayal of Punjab on the SYL issue by the AAP High Command.”