Patiala: In an apparent reference to the police crackdown on radical preacher Amritpal Singh and his supporters, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday praised Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for his handling of law and order saying with the move he sent a message across that no one who disturbs peace in the state will be spared.
Mr Kejriwal said while there were incidents of clashes in some parts of the country on Ram Navami, there was complete peace in Punjab.
“For the past one month you have been seeing how Mann saab, with maturity and tough steps, gave a message that if anybody tries to disturb peace in Punjab, he will not be spared,” Mr Kejriwal said.
“Since last week, you have been seeing news from different parts of the country relating to incidents of riot on Ram Navami. There was not a single incident of riot in Punjab. There is peace in Punjab,” he said.
Punjab Police had on March 18 arrested several of Amritpal Singh’s supporters in a crackdown in Jalandhar against the leader and his group ‘Waris Punjab de’ for disturbing law and order in the state. Amritpal, however, escaped the police dragnet and has been on the run since.
“Nobody will be allowed to disturb peace in Punjab, however dreaded and mighty he may be,” Mr Kejriwal said.
The Aam Aadmi Party national convener also slammed the previous state governments over inaction on SIT reports on the drugs issue, which, he said, kept lying with the high court for many years.
The AAP government told the court to open the reports, he claimed.
