Leader of Opposition in Punjab, Partap Singh Bajwa, on Friday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab authorities for changing Punjab into an absolute police state, the place the voices of dissent had been being strangulated mercilessly.
“In sheer violation of the democratic rights of public representatives, the CIA staff Fazilka did not allow a delegate of senior Congress leadership to meet arrested Bholath MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira, ” mentioned Bajwa.
“The AAP government has stooped to an all-time low and now resorted to petty vendetta politics. The Punjab Congress will not be cowed down by such pressure tactics.”
Congress chief Bajwa mentioned Khaira has at all times raised its voice in opposition to the misdeeds and anti-people insurance policies of the AAP authorities.
Most just lately in an ‘X’ put up, he put the AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha within the docks.
He sought clarification from Chadha about how he managed to reward a four-carat diamond ring (a pricey one) for his spouse Parineeti Chopra as his earnings based on 2020-21 earnings tax return is simply 2.44 lakh.
“This is what seems to have irritated the AAP government the most. Instead of being accountable, the AAP government attempted to suppress his voice in the harshest manner, which the Punjab Congress will not tolerate, ” Bajwa added.
He mentioned two Kapurthala-based brothers just lately dedicated suicide after allegedly being humiliated by a Jalandhar SHO, Navdeep Singh.
The AAP gave the accused SHO sufficient time to flee. Now the federal government has nonetheless not managed to arrest him. In the Muktsar lawyer’s assault and humiliation case, the AAP authorities solely went to motion after the lawyer fraternity mounted stress on the federal government, he mentioned.
“The protesting teachers and the farmers have already faced the wrath of Punjab Police under the 18-month AAP regime. Women teachers were manhandled by male police personnel. A few weeks back, the police badly beat up the peacefully protesting farmers. An old-age farmer, Pritam Singh (70), from Sangrur succumbed to the unruly behavior of the police, ” Bajwa mentioned.
Taking a dig at Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for being hypocritical, Bajwa mentioned he in any other case pretended to be the admirer of Shaheed-E-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh and hanged his {photograph} in his workplace but he didn’t meet the Sarpanch of the village Khatkar Kalan, who wished increase some calls for referring to the memorial of the martyr.