‘Anti-drone system a fraud against people’

Ravinder Singh Brahmpura, former SAD MLA, on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab, calling its ‘Baaz Akh’ (hawk eye) anti-drone system a “fraud” against the people of Punjab and a “curtain to shield its corrupt MLAs”.

In a press statement, Brahmpura alleged that while Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP national supremo Arvind Kejriwal are trying to win accolades via large-scale advertisements for their ‘War Against Drugs’, the ground reality is “completely opposite and terrifying”.

“It is a bitter truth that smugglers bringing in consignments of drugs and weapons via drones have the patronage of the AAP MLA,” he claimed.

Raising serious questions about the government’s performance, Brahmpura said, “Aam Aadmi Party MLAs are openly interfering in the work of the Punjab Police, threatening them to secure the release of their drug-smuggling associates.” He further alleged that these MLAs are using their political influence to “mislead not only the courts but also Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Punjab Governor”.

Commenting on the role of the Assembly Speaker, he said, “It is extremely unfortunate that Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan, who is responsible for protecting the Constitution, has maintained a silence on this serious issue out of fear of bringing a disrepute to his own government.”