The farmer’s protest has caused a huge loss which will reflect the economy. The revenue loss of Rs 267 crore by stopping the employees of 25 toll plazas in various parts of Punjab from collecting toll tax.
The Bhartiya Janata Party has slammed Captain Amrinder Singh-led state government for ‘lawlessness in the name of peasant protests in Punjab.’
BJP’s response comes after demonstrators have destroyed more than 1500 cell towers in the province.
BJP National Secretary-General Tarun Chugh said that there is a Congress-backed plot in Punjab to break down the state communication structure, and the Center should respond firmly to that.
“Amarinder Singh-led government had been covertly supporting disruptive elements in the state who in the garb of farmers’ agitation have indulged in lawlessness,” Tarun Chugh said.
The BJP leader said that the Punjab government remained a silent spectator when the ‘miscreants destroyed the contact towers, blocked the roads and terrorised the toll plaza officials.’
Chugh added that Congress support for such elements had been revealed after senior Congress leader YB Srivasta, who is close to Rahul Gandhi, called for the demolition and stagnation of communication towers across the world.
“Srivasta with his support for disruptive elements has exposed the Congress’s strategy to promote disruptive elements in the border state,” he said.
“The Congress-supported disruptive elements have adversely hit students taking online education and other professionals like bankers and businessmen whose online communication during the pandemic days has been so vital,” Chugh said.
He said the Amarinder government was playing havoc with the economy, and the Center should take decisive action against it, Chugh requested.