Punjab Congress on Thursday condemned the withdrawal of security by the State Government at Congress Bhawan —party’s headquarters in Chandigarh.
The State Government has reduced the security deployment at Congress Bhawan from 12 persons, including a woman constable, to just four, besides removing the security scanner.“This action of the State Government is just incomprehensible. This has compromised the security of our headquarters. Who would be responsible if any untoward incident happens as the party headquarters is also visited by large number of people”, asked the state Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa.
He said that already, the law and order situation in Punjab had been deteriorating, mainly due to political patronage to the anti-social elements. Bajwa demanded that the State Government must “reverse this politically motivated decision which smacked of vendetta politics”.“While the Akali leaders at various levels had compromised with the terrorists, it is the Congress which put up a valiant fight and this is the reason that the party had been provided security,” he pointed out.