Chandigarh, October 25
Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal is more concerned about his bus mafia brought in from other states than the safety of Punjab’s elderly citizens. That is why he is turning the National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) notice regarding safety issues involving buses operating under the Chief Minister’s Pilgrimage Scheme into a political issue. This was stated by Kewal Singh Dhillon, President of the Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
In a statement issued from the party office in Chandigarh, Kewal Singh Dhillon said that the Human Rights Commission had taken action against 1,000 buses across the country over the past year due to incidents of fires involving sleeper buses. Such incidents have been occurring repeatedly, resulting in the loss of lives. Linking this action exclusively to Punjab is nothing but an outright falsehood, he said.
Dhillon stated that in January 2026, the Punjab government had informed the Human Rights Commission that no sleeper buses were registered in Punjab. This means that all the buses operating under the pilgrimage scheme in Punjab are private buses brought in from other states. Not only have the buses been brought in from outside Punjab, but the person running the scheme has also been brought in from Delhi. Kejriwal is running Punjab’s Chief Minister’s Pilgrimage Scheme like a bus mafia through his close associate, Dhillon alleged.
Dhillon said that making false statements was a habit of Kejriwal. Before accusing anyone of attempting to discontinue the pilgrimage scheme in Punjab, Kejriwal should clarify whether the scheme in Delhi was discontinued after the BJP formed the government there. Kejriwal must answer this question first, Dhillon said.
