Chandigarh: Protests being staged by Aam Aadmi Party MLAs, ministers and workers across Punjab against recent ED raids escalated into a confrontation in Balachaur, located in Nawanshahr district.<\/p>\n
The incident involved Banga MLA Dr Sukhwinder Sukhi and BJP district president Rajvinder Lucky, who got into a heated argument during the protest.<\/p>\n
BJP leader says MLA tried to snatch phone<\/p>\n
According to Rajvinder Lucky, he was live-streaming the AAP protest on his mobile phone when the confrontation took place, resulting in the entire incident being captured on video.<\/p>\n
Lucky claimed that around 11 am, AAP workers along with MLA Sukhwinder Sukhi arrived outside the BJP office.<\/p>\n
\u201cI even offered them water and told them we had arranged tea and refreshments expecting more protesters. I asked them to hold the protest peacefully,\u201d Lucky said.<\/p>\n
Argument escalated inside BJP office<\/p>\n
Lucky alleged that AAP workers later entered the BJP office premises and picked up a microphone and speaker kept there.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told them they were already known as trolley thieves and now they were taking away microphones and speakers too,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n
He said that after he went inside and started a live video, AAP workers approached his chair and allegedly tried to snatch his mobile phone.<\/p>\n
Lucky further alleged that MLA Sukhwinder Sukhi tried to assert pressure during the confrontation and warned him by saying, \u201cWe will deal with you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The incident comes amid intensifying political tensions in Punjab following the arrest of cabinet minister Sanjeev Arora by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chandigarh: Protests being staged by Aam Aadmi Party MLAs, ministers and workers across Punjab against recent ED raids escalated into a confrontation in Balachaur, located in Nawanshahr district. The incident involved Banga MLA Dr Sukhwinder Sukhi and BJP district president Rajvinder Lucky, who got into a heated argument during the protest. BJP leader says MLA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,37,21],"tags":[14754,14755,4296,14753],"class_list":["post-64632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-national","category-political-news","tag-aap-protest-against-ed-raids","tag-in-punjabs-balachaur","tag-punjab-government","tag-scuffle-breaks-out-during"],"yoast_head":"\n