Chandigarh, May 9 -- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has launched a scathing attack on the Central Government following Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at the residence of Cabinet Minister Sanjeev Arora. Speaking at a press conference in Sangrur, the Chief Minister warned against intimidating the people of Punjab, asserting that the state, as the land of Gurus and martyrs like Bhagat Singh, has historically never bowed to external pressure. Mann claimed that the primary objective of these raids is not to recover black money but to coerce political leaders into joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The Chief Minister highlighted that this marks the third search at Arora's residence within a year and the second such instance in a ...