India, April 26 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers on Saturday staged protests in Jalandhar, targeting cricketer-turned-politician Harbhajan Singh and educationist Ashok Mittal a day after they defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), amid anger over the exit of several Rajya Sabha members.

Protesters spray-painted "Gaddar" (traitor) on the walls of Harbhajan Singh's residence in Jalandhar. Derogatory remarks were also painted on the main gate of the Lovely Professional University (LPU) campus in Phagwara, owned by Mittal.

The demonstrations were led by local AAP leaders. Kartarpur MLA Balkar Singh and former MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu led protests at LPU, while Jalandhar mayor Vineet Dhir and party functionary Nitin Kohli led the protest ...