Ludhiana, June 6 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of politicising sacred symbols and the armed forces.

Mann was speaking to the media after welcoming around two dozen Congress families and an Independent candidate Chandan Chhanaliya into the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

He condemned BJP's act of distributing sindoor (vermilion), stating that such symbolic gestures have no place in a democracy.

"Governance isn't about distributing sindoor or exploiting religious imagery. It's about service, development, and integrity," he said.

The Punjab CM also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of politicising the armed forces. "This is a dangerous precedent. T...