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07 Oct

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann Hits Out at BJP Over CBI Raids, Calls Move ‘Political Frustration’ Ahead of 2027 Polls

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjab2027 Punjab elections, AAP, Bhagwant Mann, BJP, CBI raids, Punjab, Sangrur

Sangrur (Gurpreet Singh): Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday hit out at the BJP over the 12-hour Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids conducted across Punjab, asserting that the agency’s teams returned empty-handed and that nothing was found despite an extensive search across Punjab. He said the outcome was a clear reflection of the government’s integrity and accused the BJP of using central agencies to intimidate and tarnish the image of an elected Chief Minister ahead of elections. He affirmed neither he nor the Punjab Government would be cowed down by such tactics, asserting that they had entered public…

07 Oct

AAP Denounces CBI Raids as Politically Motivated, Demands Apology from BJP

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjabAAP, Bhagwant Mann, BJP, CBI Raid, Chandigarh, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Punjab

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday tore into the BJP over Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids in Punjab, stating that the agency returned empty-handed after searches at several locations. AAP Punjab Chief Spokesperson and MLA Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said the raids had failed to find anything and called out the BJP for using central agencies to target the Bhagwant Singh Mann government. The senior AAP leader said the BJP must apologise to Punjab for attempting to harass its elected Chief Minister, asserting that Punjabis would not be intimidated by pressure from the CBI or Enforcement…

07 Oct

AAP Stages State-Wide Demonstrations Against Central Agency Probes in Punjab

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjabAAP, Bhagwant Mann, BJP, CBI raids, ED probe, protests, Punjab

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab on Wednesday held large-scale protests in Patiala, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Barnala against the alleged misuse of central investigating agencies like the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by the BJP-led Central government. AAP ministers, MLAs, leaders and karyakartas took to the streets, raising their voice against the politics of pressure and intimidation being pursued by the Modi government against Opposition-ruled states. Addressing the protests, AAP leaders said that the BJP-led Central government was using agencies like the ED and CBI as political weapons wherever the people had elected…

05 Oct

AAP Accuses BJP of Defaming Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann via Central Agencies Ahead of Elections; State to Move Supreme Court Against HC Order

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjabAAP Punjab, Aman Arora, Baltej Pannu, Bhagwant Singh Mann, BJP, CBI, ED, Punjab Haryana High Court

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab Media In-charge Baltej Pannu on Monday said the BJP, unable to fight Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann politically, is now resorting to back-channel tactics to target him ahead of the elections. The AAP Punjab Media In-charge affirmed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) - Enforcement Directorate (ED) action against the Bhagwant Mann Government team is part of the same pattern of using central agencies to target elected governments before elections, as witnessed in Delhi, and asserted that the BJP had failed to find anything against Punjab’s most honest Chief Minister. The AAP…

30 Sep

AAP Hits Back at Amit Shah Over Drug Rhetoric, Points to Multi-Crore Gujarat Seizures

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsHaryanaAAP, Amit Shah, BJP, Gujarat drug seizure, Narcotics probe, Punjab

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): The Aam Aadmi Party launched a sharp counterattack against Union Home Minister Amit Shah following his public rally in Jalandhar, demanding that federal authorities stop using Punjab as a convenient political target and instead confront interstate drug networks flourishing across other parts of the country. Responding directly to Shah’s concluding address at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra, the AAP pointed to an interception by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad and the Indian Coast Guard off the western maritime corridor, which yielded roughly 526 kilograms of heroin and methamphetamine valued at over 3,000 crore rupees. The…

22 Sep

CM Nayab Singh Saini Urges BJP Workers To Take Modi’s 25-Year Service Journey To People

Balwinder Singh0 CommentsHaryanaArchana Gupta, BJP, Haryana BJP, Narendra Modi, Nayab Singh Saini, OBC Morcha, Panchkula, Sunil Sen

Chandigarh (Balwinder Singh): Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has urged BJP workers to strengthen the party organisation at the grassroots level and take the message of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 25 years of public service and governance to people across the state. Saini was speaking at the responsibility-assumption programme of newly appointed BJP OBC Morcha Haryana president engineer Sunil Sen at Panchkamal in Panchkula on Tuesday. Saini Calls Organisation A Responsibility, Not A Post Congratulating Sunil Sen on his new responsibility, Saini said positions in the BJP should be viewed as responsibilities towards public service and the organisation rather…

19 Sep

AAP Karyakartas Ask BJP 3 Questions On Drugs, Punjab’s Waters And SAD Tie-Up During ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjabAAP, BJP, Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra, Punjab News

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): As the BJP’s ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’ reached Punjab, AAP karyakartas confronted the BJP with three questions that they said the BJP cannot escape: why drugs are being smuggled into Punjab from Gujarat, why Punjab’s water is being given to Haryana and Rajasthan, and why it is seeking an alliance with the SAD (Badal) to bring back “black laws”. Putting up posters with the three questions, AAP karyakartas said political ‘nautanki’ cannot fool the people of Punjab, while people of Punjab showed black flags to the BJP yatra. The AAP karyakartas further questioned the BJP’s stand on…

17 Sep

AAP Slams BJP’s Anti-Drug March as Political Drama, Cites 2007–17 Governance Record

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjabAAP, Baltej Pannu, Bathinda run, Bhagwant Mann, BJP, BSF, drug crisis, Punjab, Sports grounds

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab Media In-charge and Nasha Mukti Morcha Chief Spokesperson Baltej Pannu on Thursday hit out at the BJP’s ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’, calling it political nautanki and questioning the party’s silence when it was a partner in power in Punjab during 2007-17, the period when ‘chitta’ emerged and spread across the state. Pannu questioned why the BJP failed to undertake any anti-drug campaign then, why the Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation was stalled when names were emerging and officer Niranjan Singh was transferred, and why the BJP is now selectively targeting Punjab while remaining…

16 Sep

AAP Targets BJP Ahead of Anti-Drug March, Demands Accountability on Border Security and Supply Routes

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjabAAP Punjab, Bhagwant Mann, BJP, Border Security Force, Harpal Singh Cheema, Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has hit back at the BJP’s ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’, with Senior AAP leader and Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema asking the BJP to answer three fundamental questions before staging a political march in Punjab: why is it failing to stop drug consignments linked to Gujarat and Rajasthan, why is it targeting Punjab when the 55-km international border belt falls under the BSF, and why does it want Punjab’s water to flow to Haryana and Rajasthan? The Minister said the BJP must first act against drug networks in its own-ruled states, secure…

15 Sep

BJP Must Learn from Punjab and Eliminate Drugs in Its Own States: Arvind Kejriwal

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjabAAP, Arvind Kejriwal, BJP, Drug Menace, Mundra Port, Punjab narcotics

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has put the BJP’s record on tackling drugs in its own-ruled states at the centre of the debate, with National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal urging the BJP to learn from Punjab’s action against drug smuggling. He pointed to a shift in the source of drugs entering Punjab, stating that while 80% earlier came from Pakistan, the same proportion now comes from BJP-ruled Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. The AAP Chief highlighted Gujarat’s Mundra Port as the biggest source of drugs entering Punjab and questioned the BJP-led Central Government’s failure to…