Congress to gherao deputy CM Sukhbir Badal in Jalandhar tomorrow

JALANDHAR: Congress today said it would gherao Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal when he arrives in Jalandhar tomorrow for a function, if the police failed to release 18 youths arrested from Kapurthala for protesting against some SAD leaders.

"We had given the government time till today to release the youths but there is no news to this effect," state Congress spokesperson Sukhpal Singh Khaira told PTI this evening.

Khaira said his party would gherao the Deputy Chief Minster when he comes to Jalandhar as chief guest for the closing ceremony of a local hockey tournament.

He said that that the 18 Sikh youths were arrested when they had protested recently against SAD MLA Jagir Kaur, former MLA Sarabjit Makkar and other leaders when they visited a gurudwara in Kapurthala district.

He said that police have registered an attempt to murder case against the youths.