Warring announces to gherao Punjab Assembly on Mar 22 over AAP’s non-fulfillment of Rs 1000 to women poll promise
 
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Punjab Congress leaders and workers had to face water cannons on Monday when they tried to force their way through barricades to ‘gherao’ Punjab Raj Bhavan in protest against the BJP-led Centre over the Adani issue.
 
Chandigarh Police, that stopped the protesting Congress leader and workers in the tracks, also detained many of them, including the state unit president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring.
 
Led by Warring, Congress leaders and workers from various parts of the state gathered outside the Punjab Congress headquarters at Sector 15, with the Chandigarh Police also deploying a heavy force near the Congress office. The police had also put up barricades to prevent protesters from heading towards the residence of Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit.
 
When the Congress workers and leaders tried to force their way through the barricades, police resorted to using the water cannon.
 
Earlier, addressing the party workers, Warring slammed the BJP Government at the Centre accusing it of “benefitting a few” big industrialists. He also charged it with promoting “crony capitalism.” He further alleged that the BJP-led Government was misusing the central agencies against political rivals who raise voice against it.
 
The Congress protesters shouted slogans against the BJP Government over the Adani issue.
 
The opposition party has been attacking the BJP after the US-based short seller Hindenburg Research made a litany of allegations, including fraudulent transactions and share-price manipulation, against the Adani Group. The Group has dismissed the charges as lies, saying that it complies with all laws and disclosure requirements.
 
Also taking on the Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government, Warring also slammed the Aam Aadmi Party dispensation over the “rising” debt and also questioned it over its poll promise of Rs 1,000 per month for women.
 
Warring said that within one year, the AAP government borrowed Rs 31,000 crore and has now proposed to raise Rs 35,000 crore more next fiscal.
 
Punjab Congress chief also said that his party would ‘gherao’ the Punjab Vidhan Sabha complex on March 22 to press the State Government to honour its promise of giving Rs 1,000 per month to women.