A group of unidentified people dumped a heap of dung outside the house of a BJP leader in Punjab's Hosiarpur as a form of protest against the Centre's new farm laws.
News agency PTI reported that a group of people unloaded the dung-filled trolley in front of the residence of former Punjab minister Tikshan Sud in Hoshiarpur.
Apart from this, they also raised slogans against the Centre for its alleged "callous" attitude towards farmers' demands.
Later in the day, miffed over this act, Tikshan Sud led a group of BJP workers and staged a dharna on the Rai Bahadur Jodhamal road in Hoshiarpur and sought action against those involved in the act.
Cattle dung dumped at the residence of former Punjab minister and BJP leader Tikshan Sud in Hoshiarpur district today. @MohitBhukar95 pic.twitter.com/DgpWiW175k
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The act also drew condemnation from Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Kumar Sharma. Terming the act as an "attack", he said some mischievous persons under the garb of farmers "attacked" the residence of Sud, only to disturb peace and brotherhood in the state.
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh too took a serious note of the incident and said invasion of privacy will bring a bad name to the peaceful agitation of farmers and defeat its very objective.
He warned protesters not to take law in their hands in their fight for the farmers' rights.
"After months of showing exemplary restraint and not indulging in any violence or lawlessness in Punjab as well as at the borders of the national capital, some protesters are losing restraint despite being categorically asked by farmer leaders to keep the protests peaceful," said the CM in a statement.
The chief minister said such acts have the potential of vitiating the atmosphere of peace and destroy harmony amongst people of diverse castes, religions and communities.
(With PTI inputs)