Chandigarh: The ruling AAP in Punjab has condemnedthe death threat to former Delhi CM and the party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal, and said Bhagwant Mann govt will not allow anyone to disturb Punjab’s peace.Punjab cabinet minister Harpal Singh Cheema claimed that the person who issued the threat belongs to Haryana, and that preliminary findings have indicated his “direct or indirect links with BJP”.“BJP wants to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of Punjab and create an environment of fear and insecurity in the state. Punjab is a peace-loving state, and its people understand the intentions behind such attempts to spread terror and disturb communal harmony,” Cheema said.AAP Punjab chief spokesperson Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said: “Punjab Police have traced the accused, who belongs to Haryana, and an FIR had been registered in Mohali. Preliminary findings pointed towards the accused having links with BJP. Such attempts are aimed at disturbing Punjab’s peaceful atmosphere and creating fear among people for political gains.”BJP reacted sharply to the allegation. Former Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar said, “It is a totally ridiculous, rubbish, cheap and very dangerous statement they are making.”Hitting out at AAP, Jakhar said, “They are reaping what they have sown. They have criminalised Punjab politics like nobody could have imagined. This is total theatrics. If they had received a threat, why didn’t they report it in Delhi? If MLA Jarnail Singh received a threat about Kejriwal, who is in Delhi, how come they are registering an FIR in Mohali? There are thousands and thousands of FIRs which are not filed or bothered about. And this guy makes a call and an FIR is registered in Punjab. Are they special people and not aam aadmi?”Jakhar further said, “They are trying to vitiate the atmosphere and threaten the peace and amity in Punjab. This is part of their agenda to create the sense of fear.”
