The Punjab Congress on Sunday staged a protest against Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, accusing him of hurting the religious sentiments of the Sikh community through his alleged disrespectful video about the Sikh Gurus, here today.
The protest witnessed the participation of senior Congress leaders and a number of party workers, who raised slogans demanding the Chief Minister’s resignation.
The demonstrators claimed that Mann’s alleged video had deeply hurt the sentiments of Sikhs across the world and termed the issue an attack on religious faith.
Addressing the gathering, Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa said respect for all religions and religious figures was paramount in a democratic society. He alleged that the Chief Minister’s conduct was unacceptable and demanded that he should step down from office while respecting the religious sentiments of the people.
