Chandigarh: Bharatiya Janata Party National General Secretary, Tarun Chugh, on Tuesday said the Bhagwant Mann government has completely failed to check subversive and disruptive forces which have ushered in a “grenade culture” in Punjab.
Coming down heavily on the AAP government after a grenade attack on the house of former minister and ex-Punjab BJP President, Manoranjan Kalia in Jalandhar on Monday night, Chugh said it reflected complete failure of Chief Minister Mann, who is also the Home Minister, to check foreign-based anti-national forces.
He said, “It is time Mann resigns as Chief Minister for his failure to check grenade attacks in the state.”
“Law and order in the state has completely collapsed as the grenade attack took place on a senior BJP leader’s house,” Chugh said in a statement, adding that earlier the grenade attacks targeted police stations, but now disruptive forces have started targeting BJP leaders.
Chugh said, “This is not an isolated incident but part of a larger, sinister conspiracy to disturb peace, incite communal tensions, and instil fear among people and BJP leaders.”
“From RPG attacks on police headquarters to grenade attacks on police stations, from sacrilege at religious places to the shameful targeting of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s statues — Punjab has been taken hostage by anti-national, disruptive forces,” Chugh said.
Chugh emphasised that the AAP government has failed to control disruptive elements, leading to an atmosphere of fear and insecurity among the people.
He demanded a thorough investigation into these incidents and called for the Chief Minister to take moral responsibility and resign immediately.