Questioning how Punjab is allegedly targeted by anti-national forces every time before polls are due, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday alleged that a deliberate effort was being made to create a “volatile atmosphere” in the State ahead of the 2022 state assembly elections.
AAP maintained that after the elections conclude, these same anti-national elements somehow are not found or pursued by either the intelligence or the security agencies of both the country and the state.
In a reference to the speech made by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on the Independence Day at Amritsar — where he warned neighbouring Pakistan about attempts to create trouble in Punjab — AAP’s senior leader and Sunam MLA Aman Arora on Tuesday said that the Chief Minister should concentrate more on the worsening law and order in the State of which he is also the Home Minister and which was also his primary responsibility.
“There are only six months left for Assembly elections. Like under the Badals, the law and order situation in the Congress rule has gone from bad to worse. In such a scenario, people may have lost all faith in the State Government, but I bow down to the people of Punjab, who have maintained mutual understanding and goodwill despite the deteriorating law and order condition,” said Arora.