Chandigarh, June 11 -- With the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government raising a loan of Rs.11,200 crore in April and May, the leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Punjab assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa, on Monday expressed concern about the "sorry state of affairs" of the economy in the state.

"What is even more shameful for the AAP government is that it spread misleading news on some social media platforms that it took only Rs.1,000 crore loan in the months of April and May. The AAP government evidently did that as a PR exercise to save its constantly deteriorating image," Bajwa stated.

He said that government employees and pensioners have already been up in arms against the AAP government as their salaries and pensions were delaye...