Chandigarh, June 26 -- BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh today slammed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for "weaponising state agencies" to arrest Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia.
"This is pure political vendetta. Kejriwal apologised to Majithia in 2018 for levelling baseless and unfounded charges on drugs-if that apology was genuine, how is it that Majithia has become an accused today? That exposes Kejriwal's hypocrisy," said Chugh.
Chugh alleged that Punjab is sliding into a "full-blown police state:. "On the 50th anniversary of Indira Gandhi's Emergency, Kejriwal has revived its very spirit - crushing dissent on the diktats of one authoritarian mi...