NEW DELHI: BJP leader and former Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu shared videos on X showing his detention by police after he protested with eggs and tomatoes as Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s cavalcade passed through Ludhiana.In the footage, Bittu could be heard saying, “throw, throw!” as police detained him. The video was posted with the caption, “Love to Bhagwant Mann from Punjabis.”Bittu was detained by Ludhiana Police and taken to an undisclosed location.The development came a day after Bittu alleged that his cavalcade was attacked while he was travelling to Pathankot to attend a BJP yatra.He accused the AAP government of turning into a “gangster party” and alleged that police failed to take action during the incident.“There was an attack on me. AAP has become a gangster party. If someone who has security protection is attacked by 200 people, Shery Kalsi and Joban were heading this,” Bittu had said.“DSP, SP, were present there. Just before this happened, the police got our convoy to slow down and then helped the perpetrators run away. The police were present there at the time. Those people again came to attack a second time. One, Anmol Randhawa was caught by us.
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Their thought was to scare a top leader so that it would result in spreading fear in the other BJP leaders. The DGP and the CM should be ashamed,” he added.Bittu alleged that protesters surrounded his convoy, threatened to attack those inside and damaged the windows of the vehicles. He also claimed that some of the protesters were carrying weapons.The BJP’s ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’ was launched across the state on Friday as part of the party’s campaign to raise awareness about the drug menace. Bittu was travelling to Pathankot to participate in the campaign when he alleged that his convoy was attacked by around 500 people.BJP MP Raghav Chadha alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party was “scared” and attempting to target Bittu following the alleged attack on his cavalcade.
