Opposition targets AAP govt over MLA Kunwar Vijay Pratap's suspension

Punjab Congress leaders on Sunday said that the AAP government owed answers on issues related to sacrilege and drugs, adding that “quelling the voices of dissent within would not silence the truth”.

PPCC chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring said, “Though the suspension of MLA Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh is an internal matter of AAP, in no way does it mean that the government does not owe answers to questions he has raised.”

He alleged that issues related to sacrilege and drugs remained unresolved.

“The AAP government’s question hour has begun and everyone knows it has no answers,” he said.

“It may suspend its MLA from the party, but what about the three crore Punjabis who are asking the same questions that Kunwar Vijay Pratap has been asking?” questioned Warring.

CLP leader Partap Bajwa said, “When MLA Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh had joined AAP, Arvind Kejriwal had made big promises on bringing the culprits of Bargari to justice and wipe out the drug mafia. But Kunwar Vijay Pratap — one of @AAPPunjab’s few honest, courageous MLAs has been suspended for speaking the truth!”

Bajwa further said the only fault of the MLA was that he was exposing the failures of Bhagwant Mann.

Hailing Kunwar Vijay Pratap, Bajwa said the MLA’s suspension was a badge of honour for standing with truth and Punjab.