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Former Union Minister Vijay Sampla Attacked During Ambedkar Statue Protest in Punjab

Police registered a case and deployed extra personnel after the clash left Vijay Sampla bleeding and scratches on his neck, officials said.

Summary by The Statesman
Former Union minister and BJP leader Vijay Sampla was injured on Wednesday after being struck with a microphone during a protest over the vandalism of a B.R. Ambedkar statue in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district, as a confrontation between BJP and Bahujan Samaj Party workers turned violent.

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has leveled serious allegations against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of disrupting peace and harmony in Punjab, subverting the Constitution, and engaging in hooliganism against the Dalit community. AAP leaders have made it clear that the BJP is attempting to disrupt Punjab's communal harmony for its dirty politics and vote bank interests, which the people of Punjab will never tolerate. AAP leader Gurpreet Singh GP s…

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uttamhindu.com broke the news on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
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