Punjab Cong warns police commissioner against aiding ruling party
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Ludhiana: In a decisive and strongly worded statement, senior Congress leaders warned the police commissioner and district administration against "operating at the behest of the ruling
Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP)."
They said that they would have to face public and legal accountability for their actions.
During a high-level meeting attended by senior Congress leaders, sitting and former MLAs, and constituency in-charges, it was unanimously resolved that misuse of police force, administrative pressure, and intimidation tactics by the local administration in Ludhiana West would not be tolerated.
Congress leaders accused the police commissioner of acting more like a political agent of AAP than a neutral officer of the law.
They said that repeated reports of selective targeting of Congress workers, planned surveillance and an atmosphere of fear in key polling areas were deeply alarming and unacceptable.
"The commissioner and his team must remember that they are not employees of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Their loyalty is to the Constitution of India—not to Arvind Kejriwal or Bhagwant Mann," said a senior Congress leader.
The leaders asserted that any officer "found complicit in manipulating the bypoll" would not be spared.
The Congress will pursue every constitutional and legal route to hold such individuals accountable, now and after June 15, said the leaders.
Congress leaders claimed that party candidate Bharat Bhushan Ashu was being targeted because of his growing popularity with residents of Ludhiana West. They added that the VB notice was an act of desperation by a government facing impending defeat.
The party also warned the administration that any interference on polling day would be met with a mass political and legal response. Congress workers are prepared and determined to defend every single vote and every voter from pressure and fear.
"The Aam Aadmi Party should read the writing on the wall: Their time is up. People of Punjab have seen through their lies, their vendetta politics, and their Delhi-dictated arrogance," the statement concluded.
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