Cong says ‘jungle raj’ in Punjab

Condemning the killing of kabbadi player Tejpal in Jagraon today, Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring today said that Punjab -- under the Aam Aadmi Party government -- had “jungle raj” as criminals have no fear of the law.

The party has already made the spread of gangster violence an election issue in the Tarn Taran byelections.

Expressing sympathy with the bereaved family, Warring said, “It has become routine in Punjab that killers can kill at will and there is nobody to stop them.”

Referring to the Tarn Taran bypoll campaign, he said action must also be taken against family members and relatives of gangsters for the “attempt” to intimidate people. “This is precisely happening in Tarn Taran where the Akali candidate is threatening at the behest of a UK-based gangster, who happens to be her close relative,” he alleged.

Coming down heavily on the AAP government, Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa accused Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of allowing Punjab to descend into anarchy, where fear and lawlessness have become the new normal.

“The people of Punjab today live in fear. The streets are ruled by criminals while the CM, who also holds the Home portfolio, remains asleep at the wheel,” Bajwa charged. Citing three major crime incidents within a span of just a few days, Bajwa said the situation had reached an alarming point.