Hitting out at Punjab's Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government over Sunday's killing of singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moose Wala, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) described his death as a ‘state-sponsored’ murder, linking it to the removal of security cover of 424 people, including Moose Wala, by the Punjab government, just a day ago.
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“Today, a young Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala was gunned down in a state-sponsored murder. The AAP government is totally responsible for this,” said BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla in a video statement.
Questioning the move to withdraw security, Poonawalla remarked, “Their security cover was withdrawn without any logic or proper analysis. The murder of Moose Wala, within hours of his cover being withdrawn, shows that law and order has collapsed due to AAP's ‘PAAP’ government.”
{{/usCountry}}Questioning the move to withdraw security, Poonawalla remarked, “Their security cover was withdrawn without any logic or proper analysis. The murder of Moose Wala, within hours of his cover being withdrawn, shows that law and order has collapsed due to AAP's ‘PAAP’ government.”
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The BJP leader then listed some law and order incidents that have taken place in the border state since the AAP came to power here, in March.
Citing the incident with Delhi BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, Poonwalla further said Delhi chief minister and AAP national convenor, Arvind Kejriwal, was acting as the ‘super CM’ of Punjab.
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“He (Kejriwal) asks Bhagwant Mann to send Punjab Police behind the former's political opponents. 50 policemen behind Tajinder Bagga, 50 behind someone else…Kejriwal and (MLA) Raghav Chadha do not let the CM give free hand to the police. The result of that we all can see today,” Poonawalla added.
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Kejriwal, he said, should apologise and stop interfering in Punjab, adding that Bhagwant Mann should step down for this ‘state-sponsored’ murder.
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Moose Wala, who was just 28, was shot at in Mansa, and was declared brought dead at a hospital. The Punjab Police suspect the involvement of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and Canada-based Goldy Brar.