Bathinda clash: Kalia appeals for peace in Punjab

Chandigarh, May 15 (UNI) Describing yesterday's clash between Dera Sacha Sauda followers and Akali acitivists in Bathinda as ''unfortunate,'' Local Government and Industries Minister Manoranjan Kalia today appealed to the people of Punjab to maintain peace, communal harmony and law and order in the State.

Mr Kalia said the people of Punjab should see through the ''game plan of those who had been discarded in the recently held Assembly elections and were out to disturb the peace and communal harmony in the state.

He said the state government would not allow anyone to disturb the ''hard-earned peace'' in the state.

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