Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Punjab Assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa on Tuesday warned Bhagwant Mann government on its laxity to check illegal mining in the border areas of Punjab hence posing a serious threat to national security. Referring to the statements of Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit expressing concerns over the unbridled illegal mining in the border areas of Punjab, Bajwa said if Mann failed to check the same immediately it would amount to hugely bargaining with the security of the country. Bajwa revealed he had led a delegation of senior congress leaders on September 1 to handover a memorandum to the Punjab Governor. In the memorandum Bajwa had expressed the same concern over the deep ditches being dug near the Punjab borders posing a serious threat to national security.