PUNJAB'S LAW AND ORDER SITUATION FAST TURNING BAD TO WORSE; JAKHAR BLAMES BHAGWANT MANN FOR PLUNGING PUNJAB TOWARDS ANARCHY.
#SAYS CHIEF MINISTER'S INABILITY TO GOVERN IS BEHIND CRIMINALS TAKING LAW INTO THEIR HANDS WITH IMPUNITY#
LUDHIANA, JULY 6 (Inderjeet) : Expressing deep concern over what he termed as abysmal law and order situation prevailing in state, the Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar on Saturday said that Bhagwant Mann's callous attitude towards governance is making Punjab bleed with unabated wave of violence and hate crimes.
"Chief Minister is camping in Jalandhar for a bypoll while criminals run amok with impunity and can take anyone's life at will," Jakhar targeted Bhagwant Mann for pushing Punjab towards a state of near anarchy.
Speaking to mediapersons here after visiting Shiv Sena leader Sandeep Thapar at DMC, Jakhar said law and order is the top priority for any government, but CM's ineptness and casual attitude towards governance is making Punjab going down path of uncontrolled violence.
The Crime graph of Punjab must worry any same person, but Bhagwant Mann is not at all bothered. The CM is in a trance and this is fast turning into a situation of no return. People of Punjab can't be allowed to live in this atmosphere of constant fear for their lives, Jakhar said adding that if the state government thinks it is unable to restore law and order it must accept the same and ask the Centre for assistance.. The central Government, Jakhar underlined, will take all necessary measures as required.
Demanding a swift action in a brutal attack on Thapar yesterday in broad daylight, Jakhar said the pattern emerging in these types of crimes in Punjab in the last few months demands urgent attention. "First it was the fatal attack on Shiv Sena leader Sudhir Suri in Amritsar, then the fatal attack on Prabhakar in Nangal and now this. Any government would be concerned, but not this state government which is only interested in making 'Rangla Punjab' through fake advertisements, Jakhar said adding that the situation has been compounded due to ineptness of AAP leadership.
No one is safe in Punjab, except the CM's family which travels with a posse of security men at cost of public exchequer, Jakhar said expressing what he termed as the prevailing sentiment amongst businessmen in state who fear for their lives from gangsters each day.
Underscoring the need to address rising hate crimes and the instances of glorification of violence, Jakhar said at a societal level we all must rise about parochial concerns to understand this rage and the urge to settle scores by taking law in hand would lead us to nowhere.
Cautioning the Chief Minister, Jakhar said it is high time before the situation turns into an uncontrollable mess. The Chief Minister must wake up. People of Punjab won't forgive him for ruining Punjab's culture of tolerance with his ineptness.