Chandigarh, February 21
BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh stated that the conspiracy to blow up a police post in Amritsar using an IED is a serious reflection of the steadily deteriorating security situation in Punjab. He said it is deeply alarming that anti-national elements are emboldened enough to target police establishments in a sensitive border state.
Chugh added that while the prompt action of the bomb disposal squad and security personnel averted a major tragedy, the Mann Government must clarify how such explosive material reached inside the city. He questioned whether the intelligence apparatus has weakened or whether the government’s priorities lie elsewhere. Chugh further said that over the past four years, Punjab’s law and order situation has significantly deteriorated.
“Repeated incidents of gang wars, criminal operations being run from inside jails, drone-based smuggling of weapons and narcotics, and the revival of cross-border terror modules clearly indicate a weakening internal security framework,” Chugh said. He asserted that administrative laxity has emboldened anti-social and anti-national elements.
Chug also said that Punjab is already grappling with gangster networks, drug trafficking and cross-border terror modules, and in such circumstances the Aam Aadmi Party government has completely failed in maintaining law and order in the state.
Chugh asserted that the people of Punjab will not accept any compromise on security. The Mann Government must rise above political considerations and prioritise the security of this sensitive border state, failing which the consequences could be severe.
