Mohali (Punjab): Police on Saturday used water cannon to disperse AAP workers forcing their means to “gherao” the residence of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh at Siswan right here in protest in opposition to frequent energy cuts.
The protesting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers, led by its Punjab unit chief Bhagwant Mann, shouted slogans in opposition to the Congress authorities over the facility scarcity.
Police personnel have been deployed in energy and multi-layered barricades have been put up on the highway main to the chief minister’s farmhouse.
As scores of AAP workers carrying celebration flags compelled their means via the primary layer of barricades and reached the second, police used a water cannon to disperse them.
Punjab has been reeling beneath an unprecedented energy scarcity with city and rural areas going through lengthy hours of load shedding amid scorching warmth.
The Punjab authorities had already ordered discount in timings of state authorities places of work and lowered energy provide to excessive vitality consuming industries.
The Amarinder Singh-led authorities has been beneath hearth from the opposition for not having the ability to present ample electrical energy to shoppers, particularly to paddy growers for sowing crop.
Earlier, AAP leaders slammed the Congress authorities for having “failed” to present 24-hour energy to folks at cheaper charges.Â
