Chandigarh, April 10 -- Bharatiya Janata Party's Punjab unit president, Sunil Jakhar, has alleged serious constitutional violations by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, accusing him of misusing the state's intelligence machinery for political surveillance.

In a detailed letter submitted to the Governor of Punjab, Jakhar claimed that Mann's public statements in the Punjab Assembly constituted a direct admission of political espionage using official state apparatus.

Jakhar cited a statement made by the Chief Minister in the state legislature, where Mann declared, "Main sarkar vich haan, mere kol intelligence hai" (I am in the government, and I have the intelligence). According to Jakhar, this was not political bravado but a clear ackno...