New Delhi, April 14 -- Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday accused the AAP government in Punjab of "resorting to intimidation, smear and threats" after Leader of Opposition in the state's assembly Pratap Singh Bajwa's "50 bombs" remark.

Lashing out at the government after a Punjab Police counter-intelligence team questioned Bajwa at his residence yesterday, Ramesh called Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann "a bundle of insecurity and incompetence" and said that the AAP "leadership is rattled."

"Instead of taking the warning seriously, the Chief Minister of Punjab accused Mr. Bajwa - who has lost family to terrorism - of links with terrorist groups. A counter-intelligence team was sent to Mr. Bajwa's residence, and cases have now...