Chandigarh, May 6
Bharatiya Janata Party Punjab President Sunil Jakhar has termed the Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government a complete failure in maintaining law and order in the state and strongly condemned the Chief Minister’s irresponsible statement regarding the recent bomb blasts. He demanded that the Chief Minister accept responsibility for his failure and resign immediately.
In a message posted on social media, he wrote, “The bomb blasts that took place last night in Jalandhar and Amritsar are a matter of grave concern, but even more alarming is the statement made by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. While the Punjab DGP is stating that Pakistan’s ISI is behind these incidents, the Chief Minister is making politically motivated and irresponsible remarks. His frustration and fear of losing power are clearly visible behind such statements. It would be better if he stopped worrying about his chair and allowed the police to do their actual job instead of using them to keep track of MLAs. If MLAs truly decide to leave, the police will not be able to stop them.”
The BJP state president said that since the AAP government came to power, such incidents have continuously taken place in Punjab. He added that explosions occurring near BSF and Army establishments are extremely serious and expose the government’s failure. He said that while the state DGP is claiming that Pakistan’s ISI is behind the blasts, the Chief Minister is speaking in a completely different tone and misleading the public. He further stated that before making such statements, the Chief Minister should remember whose houses the party supremo stayed in during visits to Punjab ahead of the 2017 elections.
Jakhar said that if state agencies are used to protect political power rather than perform their real duties, the state’s security will inevitably suffer. Jakhar said that from the very day the Chief Minister allegedly arrived in the Assembly in an intoxicated condition, he had believed Bhagwant Mann was unfit for the office. He added that today’s statement has only strengthened that belief further. He said that with a heavy heart, he appeals to Arvind Kejriwal to replace the current Chief Minister with a capable person, because having someone as irresponsible as Bhagwant Mann as Chief Minister of a sensitive border state like Punjab is not in the national interest.
The BJP state president said that even if the Congress party has surrendered before the AAP government, the BJP will not step back from its responsibilities toward Punjab and will not allow the government to evade accountability. He added that the party would pursue every legal course available to remove “an irresponsible individual like Bhagwant Mann” from the Chief Minister’s post. He reiterated that the people of Punjab have become frustrated with what he called an inexperienced government, under whose rule no one feels safe anymore.
