Reject antiPunjab forces, says Mann as BJP hits out at State govt. over ‘unkept promises’
In a verbal attack on the BJP, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday urged the people of the State to reject “antiPunjab forces”, while the BJP took a dig at the AAP government, asserting that rampant drug menace, crumbling economy, misgovernance and unkept promises had marked its twoyear “misrule” of the State.
Mr. Mann urged the people to reject the forces that had rejected Punjab’s tableau for the Republic Day parade. “They had rejected the tableau, irrespective of the fact that 90% of the sacrifices for the freedom struggle were made by Punjabis,” he said.
Mr. Mann was addressing a gathering at Khatkar Kalan in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district on the completion of two years in office.
Hitting out at the AAP, BJP national spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill said the AAP government has pushed Punjab into the “darkest era” in its two years of rule.
He said in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, voters of Punjab would hold the AAP government accountable for their acts of “omission and commission”. He said that not giving ₹1,000 per month to 1.31 crore women voters was the “biggest betrayal” committed by the AAP government.
“Failure to wipe out drugs from Punjab within four months of government formation is a broken promise that has farreaching implications,” Mr. Shergill said.
He said AAP had backstabbed Punjabis by pushing the economy into reverse gear. “From debt of ₹2.81 lakh crore when the AAP assumed power, the projected debt for 202425 has been ₹3.74 lakh crore,” he said, adding that the AAP government had proved to be a “disaster for Punjab”.