Punjab Congress on Friday staged a protest at Baghapurana against the death of a girl who was thrown out of a moving bus for resisting the advances of molestors. leading the protest, Punjab Congress President Partap Singh Bajwa demanded resignation of Harsimrat Kaur Badal from the Union cabinet for resorting to white lie by denying any knowledge about the ownership of the Orbit Transport Company whose staff was involved in the molestation of the 13-year old girl.
He also gave a call to gherao Orbit buses in Mohali on May 4. Bajwa alongwith Ravneet Singh Bittu MP, and other Congress leaders and workers gheraod the Bhagapurana Police Station for more than 3 hours.
Bajwa said that Harsimrat’s attitude had only reinforced the impression that her so called Nanhi Chhan campaign to save the girl child was nothing but part of her political strategy to consolidate base to enter electoral politics and lacked sincerity and commitment. Bajwa said that the Punjab Congress would gherao orbit buses at Mohali from 11 AM on May 4.
The gherao will be lead PPCC President and the Congress legislature Party leader Sunil Jakhar. Both the leaders maintained this would be the first phase of the agitation which would be taken to other district headquarters subsequently. The PPCC chief said the deteriorating law and order would be part of the Rail Roko agitation on May 2 whose main focus would be the demands of the farmers.