Clash between two Akali groups leaves four Cong supporters injured
Monday, 25/07/2016
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The incident took place during the maiden polls for Surjit Nagar panchayat in Bhagta Bhai Ka block
BATHINDA: The Congress workers staged a protest march here on Sunday against the stripping and beating up of four Dalit men in Gujarat after finding the skin of a cow in their possession.
Congress workers protesting against the Centre in Bathinda on Sunday.
The march passed through markets and ended at Fire Brigade chowk. The protesters burnt effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel.
The march was attended by Congress MLA Ajaib Singh Bhatti, former MLAs, Harminder Singh Jassi and Gurpreet Singh Kangar, and other Congress leaders.
The leaders in their address alleged that atrocities on Dalits had been on a rise since the BJP-led government had been formed at the Centre.
They said communalism was being spread across the country and Punjab was also witnessing such developments.
