05-17-2007, 03:01 AM
<b>Punjab tense, nationwide Sikh protests continue</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->link
Violence continued in Punjab for the third day and protests spread to other parts of the country as the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) charged the Congress with inciting trouble and alleged that<span style='color:red'> seven of the Congress MLAs were part of the crowd that went on rampage in Bathinda on Monday and Tuesday</span>.
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Tension broke out in Keshopur, a Sikh-dominated area in West Delhi after a group of Dera followers allegedly attacked Akalis who were protesting against depiction of Dera head Baba Gurmeet Singh Ram Raheem as 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh. Minor scuffles were also reported in Jangpura area of South Delhi, while protests by Akalis took place in Tilak Nagar and Janakpuri localities of West Delhi.
Police have tightened security in areas with large Sikh population in the Capital. Sikhs organised rallies at Gandhinagar, RS Pura, Rehari, Satwari, Udhampur, Kathua, Rajouri, Baderwah and Ramban in Jammu division
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SAD general secretary Prem Singh Chandumajra said that<b> history was witness to the fact that whenever the Congress was out of power in any State, it resorted to a plan to disturb the situation in that State to extract political capital out of it. He said that the presence of seven Congress MLAs among the rampaging crowds in Bathinda on Tuesday provided evidence of the complicity of the party in the mindless violence</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Violence continued in Punjab for the third day and protests spread to other parts of the country as the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) charged the Congress with inciting trouble and alleged that<span style='color:red'> seven of the Congress MLAs were part of the crowd that went on rampage in Bathinda on Monday and Tuesday</span>.
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Tension broke out in Keshopur, a Sikh-dominated area in West Delhi after a group of Dera followers allegedly attacked Akalis who were protesting against depiction of Dera head Baba Gurmeet Singh Ram Raheem as 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh. Minor scuffles were also reported in Jangpura area of South Delhi, while protests by Akalis took place in Tilak Nagar and Janakpuri localities of West Delhi.
Police have tightened security in areas with large Sikh population in the Capital. Sikhs organised rallies at Gandhinagar, RS Pura, Rehari, Satwari, Udhampur, Kathua, Rajouri, Baderwah and Ramban in Jammu division
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SAD general secretary Prem Singh Chandumajra said that<b> history was witness to the fact that whenever the Congress was out of power in any State, it resorted to a plan to disturb the situation in that State to extract political capital out of it. He said that the presence of seven Congress MLAs among the rampaging crowds in Bathinda on Tuesday provided evidence of the complicity of the party in the mindless violence</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->