Afterbeing denied time for a meeting with the Chief Minister Captain Amrinder Singh,a delegation of BJP leaders, led by State President Ashwani Sharma sat ondharna outside CM residence.
TheBJP delegation had gone to meet CM to register their protest against attacks onBJP leaders by the farmers at Rajpura and Barnala. BJP leaders, BhupeshAggarwal and others who were taken hostage with family members by protestingfarmers in a house in a Punjab town, were rescued early Monday by police afteran over 12-hour ordeal and with the intervention of the high court.
However,the police denied he was attacked. A police team led the Deputy InspectorGeneral Vikramjit Duggal was at the spot to rescue and escort the hostageleaders to safety. The situation throughout the night remained tense. Therescued leaders claimed that the farmers chased, abused and heckled them. Alsotheir vehicles were pelted with stones.
ProtestingBJP leaders claimed that law and order situation in Punjab has marked to a newlow where no one is safe. They blamed the state Congress government forsupporting the agitating farmers and giving them free hands to attack on BJPleaders.