Bajwa in trouble,Commission issues summon
Kanwar Inder Singh/royalpatiala.in News/ February 9, 2026
Punjab SC Commission has issued a Summon to LOP Partap Singh Bajwa for uttering casteist remarks on Punjab Cabinet Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO during a recent rally at Jandiala in Amritsar.
In a controversial video statement, Bajwa is allegedly heard calling Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO someone “band vajaun wala” (band member), and whom he said Congress will bring to task, “band vajaavange”, when it comes to power.
The Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission summoned Congress leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa for personal appearance on February 11, 2026 a 3:00 PM
On the other hand senior leaders, ministers, MLAs, and hundreds of karyakartas of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab on Sunday held a high-voltage band-baja protest outside the residence of Leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa, slamming Congress leadership for mocking Dalits, degrading honest livelihoods, and exposing its deeply feudal and dynastic mindset.
As AAP leaders moved to gherao Partap Singh Bajwa’s house, tensions escalated into a clash with the police, water cannons were used to disperse the crowd, and several leaders and workers were injured, underscoring the intensity of public anger against the insult not just to Cabinet Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO, but to the entire Dalit and working-class community of Punjab.
Cabinet Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO, along with his wife Surinder Kaur, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, Health Minister Dr. Balbir, Mohinder Bhagat, Dr. Ravjot, MLAs Amansher Singh (Sherry Kalsi), Kuljit Randhawa, Inderbir Singh Nijjar, Neena Mittal, Labh Singh Ugoke, Chetan Jodamajra, Inderjit Kaur, Chairman Harchand Singh Barsat, Sunny Singh Ahluwalia, and hundreds of party leaders and workers participated in the protest. Simultaneously, under the leadership of AAP leader Joban Randhawa, a separate protest was also held outside Partap Singh Bajwa’s residence in Qadian, Gurdaspur.
