Chandigarh: The BJP has been continuously opposing the special session of the Assembly convened by the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab. In this sequence, the BJP set up a ‘public assembly’ parallel to the assembly session. In Chandigarh, all the leaders reached the parking lot of Batra Cinema near the BJP state headquarters in Sector 37.
In this public assembly, 6 issues related to Punjab were raised. These included corruption, unfulfilled promises, farming, rising drug abuse, deteriorating SC/OBC and law and order situation.
Former MP Sunil Jakhar, who joined the BJP a few months ago from the Congress, raised the issue of increased corruption in Punjab under the Bhagwant Mann government. Other leaders questioned the rising crime in the state.
BJP leaders protested against the policies of the Aam Aadmi Party government. “This government did not help the farmers. The law and order situation in Punjab has worsened. The government made excuses like Operation Lotus to hide its failure. The government has no plan to lift the state out of debt.”