Ludhiana: Attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Gill Constituency, S R Ladhar was condemned by everyone across the party line.
Congress Mla Kuldeep Singh Vaid, who was fighting for the election against Lunthar, had denied the incident and demanded an investigation.
The State Union Minister for external affairs and culture of Meenakshi Lekhi without mentioning the rival party said this attack was carried out on orders that felt threatened by the increasing popularity of BJP in Punjab.
In his statement, Lekhi said, “If our opponents,” think that they can intimidate our candidates, voters, and supporters, they are mistaken because the incident only strengthens our determination to fight and defeat the design.
The election must be fought in a fair and not by using violence, the deadly attack on Gill candidate BJP SR Ladhar is very surprising and describing the worse law and the situation of order in the state of the punjab.
Local administration must act quickly and identify and take strong actions against the perpetrators responsible for attacks and rankings and files this party stands next to it.
“Lekhi said Eci had to pay attention to serious events.
Violence and intimidation were unacceptable, he said, adding, the violence released by opponents BJP only showed their frustration that they could not match the party effectively.
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BJP demands action against candidate attackers
