In a verbal attack on the BJP, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday urged the people of the State to reject “anti-Punjab forces”, while the BJP took a dig at the AAP government, asserting that rampant drug menace, crumbling economy, misgovernance and unkept promises had marked its two-year “misrule” of the State.
Mr. Mann urged the people of the State to reject the forces that had rejected Punjab’s tableau for the Republic Day parade. “They had rejected the tableaus of the State during the Republic Day parade, irrespective of the fact that 90% of the sacrifices for the freedom struggle were made by Punjabis,” he said, adding that this “stepmotherly treatment” against the State was intolerable as “they don’t have any right to reject the tableaus showcasing patriotism and nationalism in the State”.
Mr. Mann was addressing a gathering at Khatkar Kalan in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district on the completion of two years in office.
