Amit Shah to address BJP’s Punjab rally on March 14 to sound bugle for 2027 polls

Announcing Shah’s March 14 rally, BJP state working president Ashwani Sharma said Thursday that every section of Punjab was distressed on all fronts, had made up its mind to oust the AAP from power, and now considered the BJP a reliable and credible alternative for change.

“The Badlav Rally will sound the bugle for change in Punjab, to throw the AAP out in 2027,” said Sharma.
“On March 16, the AAP Government led by a “remote-controlled” Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will complete four years in office. In these four years, far from fulfilling electoral guarantees and promises, the AAP Government has failed to ensure the rule of law in Punjab. The AAP Government has taken U-turns on every promise made before coming to power,” said Sharma.

‘Even grocers are getting extortion calls’

Sharma said the law and order situation in Punjab was in shambles, while corruption linked to the drug and mining mafia was rampant. The health and education systems are deteriorating, and employees are not receiving salaries and pensions on time, he said.

“Mann not only failed to fulfil the promise of providing the minimum support price for every crop, but in the past four years, farmers have faced reductions even in the MSP for wheat and paddy sent by the Centre,” he added.

Sharma further said that incidents of chain snatching were occurring daily across villages, towns, and cities in Punjab. “Extortion calls are now being made not only to big businessmen but even to small grocers selling flour and pulses. Kabaddi players are being killed in broad daylight. Gangsters are openly firing shots and killing at will, and now even incidents are taking place fearlessly outside police stations and SSP offices,” he added, while addressing a press conference in Chandigarh.