‘Good that Amritpal Singh behind bars, should have been caught 30 days ago’

“I want to know why he was caught after so long. He should have been caught 30 days earlier,” the BJP leader said while interacting with reporters in Jalandhar.

Amarinder was in Jalandhar in view of the May 10 Lok Sabha bypoll, which was necessitated following the death of Congress MP Santokh Chaudhary.

The former chief minister said anybody who breaks the law of this land and who does things like what he did in Ajnala or has links with Pakistan, he should have been put behind bars on the first day itself.

Whether he surrendered or was arrested, it is good that he is now behind bars, Amarinder Singh said to a question.

On the bypoll, Amarinder Singh said his party was fighting the election on the basis of nine years’ “extraordinary” performance of the BJP government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The former chief minister, who was accompanied by Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma and other senior party leaders, said under the dynamic leadership of Modi, the country’s stature had risen globally.

“India has faced several domestic and international challenges successfully under Modi’s leadership and people realise that,” he said, while asserting that the BJP was on a strong footing because of the performance of the central government.

Amritpal Singh at Dibrugarh airport after his arrest.(ANI Photo)

“We are reaching out to people on the basis of the performance of the BJP government at the Centre. Elections come and go and this bypoll will make an MP for six months. But this election will reflect whether the people are satisfied with the Modi government or not. So, it is an election of “yes” and “no” for the Modi government,” said Captain.

He said, there was “unprecedented” development all around particularly in the defence and infrastructure sectors.

He said during the tenure of AK Antony as the defence minister, there was virtually no purchase of defence equipment and the country was facing an ammunition shortage.

He said during Prime Minister Modi’s tenure, the country has become fully equipped in terms of ammunition. He said he has always had zero-tolerance to corruption.