Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa’s visit to New Delhi to lead a delegation of the State farmers to meet UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi culminated in a simple protest against Gujarat CM Narendra Modi.
Sources revealed that Bajwa’s “hidden move” to raise protest against Modi caused a major embarrassment before their cadres as from each assembly segment, the leaders have brought two buses each of farmers and Congress leaders on the pretext that farmers’ issues would be taken up with the AICC chief.As per information, the contingent of buses reached Majnu Ka Tilla and it was there that the Bajwa’s team told the cadres from the state that the actual purpose was to stage a massive protest demonstration outside Gujarat Bhawan where Modi had arrived before addressing BJP rally in New Delhi.In a face-saving attempt, a senior Congress leader maintained that it was deliberate move of the party and clear cut instructions to the party cadres were given deliberately to not reveal the real purpose of Delhi programme so that the administration could not get the idea about the protest against Modi.The Congressman added that the purpose was to oppose the eviction of Punjabi farmers from Gujarat by protesting against Modi, and “we succeeded in what we had planned”, he claimed.
The leader said that the purpose was to oppose Modi outside BJP’s rally but because of heavy rain and police interference, the demonstration was called off.
At the end, Bajwa, who had planned a massive protest with about 10,000 people, was left with a few hundred supporters who accompanied him to the Gujarat Bhawan in the hope that they may come across Modi on his way to the rally venue.