The attack took place around 6:30 PM when Dhadrianwale was on his way to a diwan at village Isewal (Mullanpur Dakha) in Ludhiana when a gang of 40 people fired gunshots at the jatha
The clash broke out when police officials tried to clear the area after warning the protesters.
Commission Chairman Rajesh Bagha said that at present separate cremation grounds existed in most of the villages in Punjab.
The Congress on Monday accused the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi of spending Rs.100 crore for self-promotion in the last three months.
The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday said Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was "evasive and non-committal" on various issues like scams, corruption and suicides by farmers in the state.
In the biggest popularity test since the Lok Sabha polls of 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appeared poised to win in Assam for the first time, ending 15 long years of Congress rule.