Amritsar, Feb. 15 -- Amid a row over the deportation of Indian citizens from the United States, BJP MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Saturday alleged that travel agents in Punjab exploited young Punjabis by sending them to the US through illegal routes.

The BJP leader also accused the Punjab government and police of taking bribes from these agents.

"The youth of Punjab sold their land to go to America. Travel agents looted them and sent them by illegal routes. Bhagwant Mann's government and the police kept taking money from the travel agents. How could such travel agents flourish? They made thousands of people jobless. AAP should think about how they destroyed Punjab. They said that people would leave everything (in the US) and return to Pu...