Patiala clashes were between two political parties, not between communities: Punjab CM

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said the clash in Patiala was between two political parties and not between two communities, as he blamed the Akali Dal and the BJP for the violence. He said that investigation is being done to find out who instigated the violence and no one involved in it will be spared, irrespective of the high office he holds. “It was a confrontation between two political parties and not between two communities. People live peacefully in Punjab. Who instigated the violent incidents is being investigated. No one will be spared,” he told reporters.

Mann is here to attend a conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts. “The opposition is instigating such incidents as they cannot see the success of Aam Aadmi Party in the state and hence they are involved in it,” he alleged. Clashes broke out outside the Kali Mata temple when members of an organization calling themselves Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray) started ‘Khalistan Murdabad March’. Some Sikh activists, including the Nihangs, took out another march against the army program. Four people were injured in the clashes. Mann said that the day when the violence state BJP President Ashwini Sharma was going to the temple there, “why was he going there?” He said, “We will not spare anyone, whoever it is and whoever Be on the post.

The Punjab government on Saturday dismissed three senior police officers, including an Inspector General, and suspended mobile internet and SMS services in Patiala district, a day after the clashes.

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