Punjab BJP expresses concern over bomb attack on Sangrur party office 

Chandigarh, July 27 (IANS) Punjab BJP President Kewal Singh Dhillon on Monday expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.

Referring to the petrol bomb attack on the BJP office in Sangrur and another petrol bomb attack on a house in Patiala, he questioned the AAP government’s ability to maintain law and order and protect the people of the state.

Dhillon said the daily incidents of explosions, attacks, robberies, murders and bloodshed across Punjab clearly demonstrated that the government had failed to safeguard the lives and property of its residents. As a result, ordinary people no longer felt safe even inside their own homes.

He said the petrol bomb attack on the BJP office in Sangrur, the home district of the Chief Minister, who also holds the Home portfolio, and the petrol bomb attack on a house in Patiala were clear evidence that criminals no longer feared the police. 

He questioned how the rest of Punjab could be expected to remain secure when even the Home Minister’s own district had witnessed such incidents.

The state BJP chief said that this was not an isolated incident but part of a continuing series of attacks across the state. 

He cited the grenade attack on a police station in Moga, the explosion near the BSF headquarters in Jalandhar, the grenade attack on the state BJP office in Chandigarh, the grenade attack on the residence of BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia in Jalandhar, the attack on a temple in Amritsar, the attack on the Gumtala police post in Amritsar, the RPG attack on the Sarhali police station, the RPG attack on the Intelligence Headquarters in Mohali, and the hand grenade attack on the Bhindi Saidan Police Station in Amritsar, among several other major incidents.

Dhillon said when police stations, the Intelligence Headquarters, religious places and political party offices themselves were under attack, the safety of ordinary citizens was effectively left to fate. 

He said while the government “remains busy making hollow claims about peace and law and order and engaging in false propaganda, the ground reality is that criminals are operating fearlessly”.

--IANS 

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