Faridkot – AAP Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann has denied claims that he was drunk at Bargarhi Shaheedi Smagam, after he was allegedly chased by some Sikh youths at the venue of Bhog ceremony of two Sikhs killed in Behbal Kalan in police firing.
Commenting on the situation, Bhagwant Mann alleged that it was a conspiracy to defame him. He further added that he had gone to the stage but when he came to know that only Chhotepur would be allowed to speak as representative of AAP, he came down.
Citing another reason behind leaving the stage he said, Stage host Baba Baljit Singh Daduwal had announced time and again that too many people were on the stage and it could crash the staeg. Mann said that Daduwal even announced that people who have already spoken and who are not to speak from the stage should go down. So, there was no point sitting on the stage and he came down, he said.
ਦੋਸਤੋ ਮੇਰੇ ਬਾਰੇ ਝੂਠੀਆਂ ਅਫਵਾਹਾਂ ਫੈਲਾਈਆਂ ਜਾ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਅੱਜ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਬਰਗਾੜੀ ਭੋਗ ਸਮਾਗਮ ਤੇ ਬੋਲਣ ਨਹੀਂ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਜਾਂ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਸਟੇਜ ਤ…
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Bhagwant Mann also said that during his presence at the venue he suspected that some suspicious persons were keeping any eye on him and might harm him. He said that he does not have any security and as such when he wanted to leave, some youth asked him why he had not raised the issue of Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa in the parliament.
Mann said that as the youth started speaking against him, he thought it better to leave the venue.
Bhagwant Mann claimed that this was an attempt to malign his image and divert the attention of the people from real issues as he has been vocal against the government and the Akalis.
When contacted Baljit Singh Daduwal, the Sikh preacher who was managing the stage, he said, “I am not aware of this incident, it may have happened when I was not on the stage for sometime.”