AAP using Punjab police to intimidate political rivals in other states, blatant violation of federal and constitutional norms: Chugh

Chandigarh, April 20, 2022: BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh today took a strong exception to the manner Punjab police raided Kumar Vishvas's house in Ghaziabad in UP and said that Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on behalf of his mentor Arvind Kejriwal was making blatant misuse of Punjab police force to unleash political vendetta against Kejriwal's rivals.

Chugh said three such cases have been registered so far by the Punjab police against the BJP leaders in Delhi and Maharashtra who have never visited Punjab for political reasons."Yet the Punjab police has booked them in false and cooked-up cases just to harass and intimidate them.", he said.

Chugh said there are reports that Punjab police has also raided Delhi leader Alka Lamba's house today.

He strongly condemned the manner  a case was registered against Delhi-based BJP leader Naveen Kumar for allegedly doctoring a video clip of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. The video clip was posted on April 6 with a disclaimer, but regardless of it the Punjab police have filed a case. 

Chugh said the first indication of AAP's political vendetta  came around when the Punjab police registered a case against a BJP activist in Maharashtra for tweeting about the removal of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's picture in the chief minister's office. The complaint was lodged by an AAP Mohali district office-bearer in the cyber cell of the state police. 

Similarly, the cyber cell of the Punjab police recently booked BJP youth activist TP Singh Bagga, who had reportedly led the agitation against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the context of his comments on the film, Kashmir Files.

Chugh condmend the AAP's designs to politicise the police force and warned it against using it in other states to settle political score.