After BJP switched sides, Punjab Police withdrew the security of Harbhajan Singh. chandigarh news
Chandigarh: Punjab Police reportedly withdraws security of Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan SinghSources said. Singh is among the seven MLAs who recently left AAP and joined Aam Aadmi Party. BJP Together Raghav Chaddha.According to sources, the police security cover, which included 9-10 personnel, was withdrawn on Saturday. According to news agency PTI, Punjab Police had earlier deployed security at the former cricketer’s residence in Chhoti Baradari area of Jalandhar.However, on Sunday, Central Reserve Police Force personnel were seen deployed outside Singh’s residence.Meanwhile, AAP workers protested outside the residences of Singh, Ashok Mittal and Rajinder Gupta in Ludhiana and Jalandhar on Saturday. The protesters wrote the word “traitor” with spray-paint on the walls of their homes.On Friday, AAP Rajya Sabha members Raghav Chadha and Sandeep Pathak announced their exit from the party and joined the BJP along with five other MPs – Mittal, Singh, Gupta, Swati Maliwal and Vikramjit Sahni.Chadha alleged that the Arvind Kejriwal-led party has deviated from its principles, values and core ethics, hence he is joining the BJP. He said that all seven have merged with the BJP as a faction.Soon after the escape, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann branded the seven leaders as “traitors”.Mann alleged that the BJP was trying to break AAP and had “betrayed the people of Punjab”.
