A day after the Gidderbaha bypoll result, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and Union minister of state Ravneet Singh Bittu engaged in a war of words.
A video went viral on Monday where a Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) activist, Bittu Mallan, was seen demanding a reply from Manpreet for “tardy” paddy procurement this kharif season and the death of Shubhkaran Singh, who died during the farmers’ protest on the Shambhu border.
Manpreet in his address said that the people of Gidderbaha have always supported Parkash Singh Badal and Manpreet, indirectly linking himself to the late Shriromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal.
BJP leader and former Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal has been fielded from the Gidderbaha assembly seat, according to the party’s list of candidates.