AAP –From Verbal to Physical Dual in Punjab

Ex-sarpanch among 5 AAP volunteers booked for attacking Mann’s PSO

Punjab  police has booked five Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) volunteers, including a former sarpanch, for allegedly attacking Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann’s personal security officer (PSO) in Barnala. The attack took place on Monday. The accused are reported to be supporters of dissident leader Sukhpal Khaira. The incident took place at Pandori village in the district where Mann had arrived to attend the last rites of party MLA Kulwant Singh Pandori’s father. Those booked allegedly tried to block Mann’s convoy and entered into a scuffle with his PSO, constable Lakhvir Singh.

During the protest the group had accused Mann of branding all AAP workers as agents of the RSS. Mann had made this statement in the context of workers who attended the dissident MLAs’ August 2 rally.

Meanwhile, Mann said that he was not willing to take action against the volunteers. “I don’t believe in revenge politics. But the protesters could have harmed the security officers, and the FIR has been registered on the PSO’s complaint,” he said.