Ex-BJP Punjab chief Shwait Malik accuses AAP govt of vindictiveness

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Amritsar, Updated At : 09:06 AM Aug 04, 2025 IST

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Former state BJP president Shwait Malik slammed the AAP government, saying that the Vigilance raids conducted on former SAD leader Ranjit Singh Gill a few hours after he became a BJP member reflected its dictator style of governance.

Addressing mediapersons here on Sunday, he said it showed the vindictiveness of the Bhagwant Mann government. He said for years, the government never acted against Gill and his company but took swift action when he switched over to the BJP. He accused the government of working under the pressure of drug mafia, land mafia, gangsters. Malik said the Punjab Police had been the best security force to end terrorism, but AAP party workers insulted them and interfered in the work of police.

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