Manav Mander

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 15

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief Capt Amarinder Singh today said he would burn an effigy of “chitta Ravana” in Ludhiana during the Prime Minister’s visit to the city on October 18.He was in the city to address a function to mark Valmiki Jayanti.“Chitta Ravana will be burnt at the same site where a clash took place on the eve of Dasehra. As soon as Modi will start speaking, the effigy will go up in flames,” said Amarinder.“I will burn the effigy. Let them try and stop me if they can,” Amarinder challenged the Akali government, asserting, “I want to show the Prime Minister the sorry state of affairs in Punjab.”“Let Modi also get a taste of how Punjab is burning under the Akali rule,” he said. He added that the Congress leaders and workers would burn the effigy in all 117 Assembly constituencies of the state.“The Congress will fight the drug menace in the state till it’s completely wiped out. It is not that the police do not want to work, but the reality is that the police are not allowed to work on this front,” said Captain.The Punjab Congress chief also came down heavily on the Badal government for the spurt in atrocities against Dalits across the state and demanded stern action against those involved in the recent killing of a Mansa youth and other incidents of violence against the community.He also visited the injured DCC president, Gurpreet Gogi, who is in hospital since the Dasehra eve clash between the Congress and Akali workers.