Opposition finds fresh ammo in Kejriwal-Punjab MLAs’ meet: ‘split, mid-term poll imminent’

Congress MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said portion the gathering is an interior substance of the AAP, it reflects the disorder wrong the enactment aft the Delhi Assembly elections were declared connected February 8.

“The enactment volition interruption soon. There volition beryllium mid-term polls successful Punjab. When a enactment loses, determination is simply a treatment wrong the state, and MLAs of different states are not called. They are disquieted that what happened successful Delhi whitethorn beryllium repeated successful Punjab,” helium said. “Many are successful interaction with Congress implicit the past respective days,” helium added.

Randhawa said the gathering should person taken spot successful Punjab. “Only 1 idiosyncratic (Kejriwal) would person needed to travel here. The chopper and the chartered level of Punjab would person been utilized to get him here. The radical of Punjab would besides person been capable to spot him,” helium added.

Randhawa said helium raised the contented of coercion and repeated grenade attacks successful Punjab successful Parliament, and pointed retired what helium called the apathy of the authorities authorities — including CM Mann. “The CM did not amusement courageousness against the panic acts of Khalistanis. Pakistan is sending successful drones with grenades and drugs heavy wrong Punjab. Why is the BSF, which has a mandate to enactment up to 50 km from the planetary border, not doing anything? I person doubly written to the Home Minister for an NIA probe into the grenade blasts connected constabulary establishments adjacent to the Indo-Pak borderline but thing has been done,“ helium said.

Partap Singh Bajwa, the Leader of Opposition successful Punjab Vidhan Sabha, besides claimed that implicit 30 AAP MLAs are successful interaction with his party, predicting imaginable defections and a imaginable mid-term canvass successful Punjab. Bajwa again claimed said Kejriwal mightiness contention from Ludhiana to regenerate Mann arsenic CM.

Meanwhile, AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal excessively took a excavation astatine Kejriwal. “Some radical person started treating Punjab arsenic their idiosyncratic ATM. Today, monolithic corruption is rampant successful Punjab.” “There is blatant soil mining astatine antithetic places, corruption is determination successful transportation postings. People of Punjab and respective MLAs are aggravated connected this.

Arvind Kejriwal has appointed his goon Bibhav Kumar arsenic the main advisor of Punjab CM,” she said, adding ever since Kejriwal faced decision successful Delhi, helium is readying to spell to Punjab to “keep his authorities alive”.

BJP person and recently elected MLA from West Delhi’s Rajouri Garden Manjinder Singh Sirsa took a jibe astatine Kejriwal for holding a gathering with Punjab MLAs contempt party’s decision successful Delhi.

“He is dreaming of becoming Punjab main minister. Just similar a food retired of water, Kejriwal tin not unrecorded without powerfulness oregon luxury. The radical of Punjab are self-respecting and person mellowed the arrogance of many, so, Kejriwal should halt dreaming astir becoming Punjab’s CM,” helium said.

Congress MP Gurjit Singh Aujla said, “If Kejriwal is holding a gathering instantly aft the decision past it has a antithetic meaning. He has mislaid Delhi, truthful helium should telephone Delhi leaders and brainstorm, but Punjab MLAs person been called. Both his models, Punjab and Delhi, person failed”.

Aujla said Kejriwal wants to bring astir immoderate changes successful the enactment of his party’s Punjab unit. “The radical of Punjab are fed up with him, nary substance however galore meetings helium holds, it volition not marque immoderate difference,” helium said, adding that 24-30 AAP MLAs were successful interaction with the Congress.

Punjab BJP main Sunil Jakhar took a swipe astatine Mann. In a station connected X, Jakhar said, “While each sorts of governmental kite-flying astir the destiny of Punjab CM is going on, astatine slightest 1 happening tin beryllium said with certainty that immoderate transpired successful Kapurthala House today, it did thing to soothe the frayed nerves of CM Mann. While interacting with the media afterwards, helium seemed truthful distraught that ‘chutkule sunana to dur, aaj bolte hue unke apne sur, taal mel nahin kha rahe they’ (Forget astir cracking jokes, contiguous his code and bushed were not matching portion speaking).”

BJP’s Punjab spokesperson Pritpal Singh Baliawal, said “the 1 who mislaid the polls is giving lectures” to the elected ones. “For a 30-minute meeting, crores of Punjab’s wealth was wasted —MLAs, ministers, and implicit 1000 information unit were rushed to  Delhi. The crux is that Punjab volition inactive beryllium ruled from Delhi only”.

Speaking to media persons successful New Delhi, Congress MP from Chandigarh Manish Tewari said it’s a “tragedy” that “Delhi volition ne'er recognize Punjab due to the fact that the authorities has a antithetic ethos, a culture, a syncretism, and it ticks to a antithetic beat”.

He pointed retired that Punjab, arsenic a borderline state, needs to beryllium handled precise cautiously and the Centre needs to person a ‘border policy’ for specified states. “Any governmental instability successful Punjab volition person precise terrible nationalist repercussions.

Punjab is simply a borderline state. Our occidental neighbour is ever hyperactive successful trying to subvert and destruct the bid of Punjab. Therefore, determination are definite borderline states which request to beryllium handled precise carefully. The concern successful the Northeast, Manipur, is acold from stabilising and truthful the Government of India should truly ore connected having a borderline argumentation for the borderline states,” Tewari said.