{"id":58165,"date":"2026-01-06T16:49:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=58165"},"modified":"2026-01-07T12:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:28:06","slug":"markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Markets shut in Kapurthala as Valmiki community protests against AAP leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kapurthala: Markets across Kapurthala remained completely shut on Tuesday following a call by various Valmiki community organizations. The bandh was organized to demand registration of a case against AAP leader Manju Rana.<\/p>\n<p>Valmiki community leader Charanjit Singh Hans said that last year, near Mansurwal, Manju Rana allegedly used objectionable words against certain members of the community at the Shri Bhagwan Valmiki Temple. A complaint was lodged with the police, but no action has been taken so far.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58167\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111523-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111523-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111523-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111523-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111523-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111523-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111523-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111523-238x178.jpg 238w, https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111523-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111523-681x511.jpg 681w, https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111523.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In protest, community members observed the bandh today, with support from local residents. In the morning, members of different Valmiki organizations gathered at the Shri Bhagwan Valmiki Temple, before marching through main markets in a demonstration of anger. Police personnel were deployed to maintain law and order during the protest.<\/p>\n<p>DSP of the sub-division, Sheetal Singh, said that over 125 security personnel were deployed during the bandh. Medical stores, hospitals, doctors\u2019 clinics, and other emergency services continued to operate.<\/p>\n<p>Valmiki leaders have urged the administration to register a case against Manju Rana at the earliest. They warned that if no action is taken, the agitation will continue and may escalate to the state level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kapurthala: Markets across Kapurthala remained completely shut on Tuesday following a call by various Valmiki community organizations. The bandh was organized to demand registration of a case against AAP leader Manju Rana. Valmiki community leader Charanjit Singh Hans said that last year, near Mansurwal, Manju Rana allegedly used objectionable words against certain members of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,21,20],"tags":[12382,12383],"class_list":["post-58165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-political-news","category-punjab","tag-markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as","tag-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Markets shut in Kapurthala as Valmiki community protests against AAP leader - PunjabENews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Markets shut in Kapurthala as Valmiki community protests against AAP leader - PunjabENews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kapurthala: Markets across Kapurthala remained completely shut on Tuesday following a call by various Valmiki community organizations. The bandh was organized to demand registration of a case against AAP leader Manju Rana. Valmiki community leader Charanjit Singh Hans said that last year, near Mansurwal, Manju Rana allegedly used objectionable words against certain members of the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PunjabENews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-06T11:19:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-07T07:28:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111508.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"593\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/\",\"name\":\"Markets shut in Kapurthala as Valmiki community protests against AAP leader - PunjabENews\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111508.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-06T11:19:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-07T07:28:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/ac7e9b01000e370ed073f051663cc35d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111508.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111508.jpg\",\"width\":770,\"height\":593},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Markets shut in Kapurthala as Valmiki community protests against AAP leader\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/\",\"name\":\"PunjabENews\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/ac7e9b01000e370ed073f051663cc35d\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5f10c2ae8893861bd114957fb4ca76c826185be673c84916e05fed7cbf99b32b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5f10c2ae8893861bd114957fb4ca76c826185be673c84916e05fed7cbf99b32b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Markets shut in Kapurthala as Valmiki community protests against AAP leader - PunjabENews","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Markets shut in Kapurthala as Valmiki community protests against AAP leader - PunjabENews","og_description":"Kapurthala: Markets across Kapurthala remained completely shut on Tuesday following a call by various Valmiki community organizations. The bandh was organized to demand registration of a case against AAP leader Manju Rana. Valmiki community leader Charanjit Singh Hans said that last year, near Mansurwal, Manju Rana allegedly used objectionable words against certain members of the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/","og_site_name":"PunjabENews","article_published_time":"2026-01-06T11:19:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-07T07:28:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":770,"height":593,"url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111508.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/","url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/","name":"Markets shut in Kapurthala as Valmiki community protests against AAP leader - PunjabENews","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111508.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-06T11:19:05+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-07T07:28:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/ac7e9b01000e370ed073f051663cc35d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111508.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot_2026_0106_111508.jpg","width":770,"height":593},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/markets-shut-in-kapurthala-as-valmiki-community-protests-against-aap-leader\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Markets shut in Kapurthala as Valmiki community protests against AAP leader"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#website","url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/","name":"PunjabENews","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/ac7e9b01000e370ed073f051663cc35d","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5f10c2ae8893861bd114957fb4ca76c826185be673c84916e05fed7cbf99b32b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5f10c2ae8893861bd114957fb4ca76c826185be673c84916e05fed7cbf99b32b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English"],"url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58168,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58165\/revisions\/58168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}