On Thursday, July 25, BJP leader Ravneet Bittu confronted Congress MP Charanjit Channi in the Parliament after Channi made a remark about Bittu’s grandfather, former CM of Punjab Beant Singh. While speaking in the Parliament, Congress MP Charanjit Channi said that Bittu’s grandfather actually died after Bittu left Congress.
Responding to Channi’s comment “Bittu Ji, your grandfather was a martyr, but he died when you left the Congress”, Ravneet Singh Bittu, a state minister in the NDA government, responded that his grandfather didn’t die for the Congress party, but for the nation.
Ravneet Bittu also said that Charanjit Channi is the richest person in Punjab and he should not talk about poverty, since he is worth thousands of Crores.
Ravneet Bittu ne Channi ki keh ke leli 😂🔥 pic.twitter.com/ritLZ1i2OI
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Notably Ravneet Singh Bittu was earlier a member of the Congress party but he left them to join Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The Lok Sabha was adjourned for 30 minutes following the argument between Charanjeet Singh Channi and the Ravneet Singh Bittu.
Beant Singh Assassination
Punjab CM Beant Singh, who was the Chief Minister of Punjab from 1992 to 1995. Beant Singh was assassinated outside Punjab Secretariat in 1995 by Khalistani terrorists. He was the 12th Chief Minister of Punjab and a member of Indian National Congress.
He was assassinated in a bomb blast at the secretariat complex in Chandigarh on August 31, 1995. The blast claimed the lives of 17 others including 3 Indian commandos. Khalistani outfits Babbar Khalsa and Khalistan Commando Force were held responsible for the assassination.
