Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday launched a scathing attack against Congress leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the state assembly Pratap Singh Bajwa over “50 bombs” remark, saying that strict action will be taken if his statement’s purpose was to spread “terror”.
He asked the top Congress leadership to clarify the issue of whether they were involved with the enemies of the country. Police, he added, have been instructed to meet Bajwa to ask him to point out places where the bombs have been planted.
“If you have given such a statement to spread terror in Punjab, it is a serious crime, and strict action will be taken. Congress leaders should come out and clarify whether they are involved with enemies of the country. I have given instructions to the police to go and meet Bajwa and ask him to point out the places where bombs have been planted,” Mann said in a video message.
Intensifying his attack, the Punjab CM asked LoP Bajwa about the connections he shared with Pakistan, given the nature of the information he had about the presence of bombs in the state.
“If Partap Singh Bajwa Bajwa, the LoP, gave the details about 50 bombs have reached Punjab, 18 of them have exploded, and 32 bombs are yet to go off. How did you get this information? What connection do you have with Pakistan that the terrorists there are directly calling you and telling how many bombs they have sent? What is your source?” Mann asked.
The Punjab CM said that the information provided by Bajwa wasn’t from the state government’s intelligence nor from the central government.
“This information is neither with the intelligence nor has it come from the central government. This means that you (Bajwa) have connections with Pakistan. If such information has come to such a big leader, it was his responsibility to tell the Punjab police that there are bombs here. Was he waiting for the bombs to explode and for people to die so that his politics could continue?” Mann added.
Bajwa has come under fire for his remarks, where he said that 50 bombs have reached Punjab and 18 of them have already exploded while the 32 bombs are yet to go off.