Taking the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) to task over his statement on the state’s law and order situation, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, on Monday, attacked the AAP saying that the party was mutilating facts in a desperate bid to win the 2022 electoral battle, which they can already see slipping away from their hands.
Responding to Harpal Singh Cheema’s allegations of increasing cases of crime in the state, the CM said that this was the highly irresponsible behaviour of the LoP, who was spreading false information based on some unsubstantiated media report. “Instead of picking up unverified data from here and there, Cheema could have approached the DGP to get the facts, which are completely removed from what he has put in his press release,” said Captain Amarinder.
Cheema has once again proved that the AAP ideology is based on lies and fabrications, with all the leaders of Arvind Kejriwal’s party having become masters of deceit, quipped the Chief Minister, adding that contrary to Cheema’s claims, only 38 cases of ‘kidnapping for ransom’ have been reported in the state since his government took over in March 2017. Even those meagre 38 cases (0.5%) relating to ‘kidnapping for ransom’ registered since March 2017 were solved, with the victim’s release successfully secured and culprits arrested in each of them, said the Chief Minister, adding that even convictions have been obtained in many instances by fast-tracking of criminal trials in serious cases.
This, he said, was a far cry from the 7138 incidents cited by Cheema, who evidently cannot differentiate between kidnapping for ransom and other cases of abduction or kidnapping. “But then, given your total lack of experience of governance or administration or policing, this does not come as a surprise,” remarked the Chief Minister.
As the Home Minister of the state, Captain Amarinder said he would not mind giving a few quick tips to the LoP to save him similar embarrassment over his total ignorance in the future.
The law and order situation in Punjab is currently among the best in the country, said Captain Amarinder, thrashing Cheema’s claims to the contrary. The ranking of Punjab›s Law & Order has improved year on year from rank 5 (2018) to rank 2 (2019) to rank 1 (2020), since his government took over, added the CM.