Chandigarh, May 30
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring condemned the killing of an RTI activist and lawyer Simranjit Singh in Jalandhar today. In a strongly worded message Warring said that the law and order has completely collapsed in Punjab under the Aam Aadmi Party government. “Nobody, except the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is safe in Punjab today”, he said, while adding, he is safe only because of hundreds of cops protecting him round the clock.
The PPCC president pointed out, whether the criminals or the gangsters or the terrorists, nobody has any fear of law in Punjab. He pointed out, just a few days ago an ASI was shot dead in Amritsar and the police still remain clueless even after the terrorists released the video of the killing.
“It is high time that Chief Minister Mann owned the responsibility as not only he happens to be the head of the government, but also the head of the home department which is responsible for the security of the state”, Warring said, while asserting, “the buck must stop at the Chief Minister”.
Warring said that the situation is fast drifting out of control. “This is time for the Chief Minister to act, he cannot just hide behind his security paraphernalia while people are getting killed”, he said, while asking the Chief Minister to break his silence over the regular killings of people by criminals, gangsters and terrorists.
“You owe an answer and explanation to the people of Punjab, you can’t keep silent on an issue which concerns the life and death of people, literally, when you keep on speaking on everything else”, the PCC president told the Chief Minister.
