Ludhiana, June 14 -- BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh, while campaigning for BJP candidate Jeewan Gupta for the Ludhiana West Assembly by-election, strongly criticised the Aam Aadmi Party for turning the entire Punjab government into an election machinery out of fear of defeat.

Chugh said, "AAP has deployed its ministers, MLAs, and officers on every street corner of Ludhiana West. The desperation is evident. This is not campaigning - this is a panic reaction to the growing public anger."

Calling Ludhiana the financial capital of Punjab, Chugh said the city's business owners are crying out for help, but the deaf AAP government has done nothing in the last 3.5 years. "Law and order has collapsed. In just the last six months, Punj...