BJP govt failed in guaranteeing nationwide safety: AAP after Khalistan flags at Himachal Assembly gate

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The AAP on Sunday slammed the BJP after Khalistan flags have been discovered on the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly entrance in Dharamshala, asking how will its authorities save the folks of the nation when it failed in guaranteeing nationwide safety.

Calling it a “huge security failure”, the Arvind Kejriwal-led get together demanded that both Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur instantly resign or the Union authorities sack his authorities in Himachal Pradesh.

Either the BJP governments on the Centre and Himachal Pradesh have been “completely incompetent” or the saffron get together was hand in glove with the Khalistanis that somebody may stroll away after tying Khalistani flags on the gate of the state meeting advanced regardless of them being on the helm, the AAP charged.

Taking to Twitter, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia stated that the placing up of the Khalistan flags exterior the gate of Himachal meeting constructing in Dharamshala was a “complete failure” of the BJP authorities in coping with the matter pertaining to nationwide safety and preserving the respect of the folks of the hill state.

The BJP sharply responded to allegations and stated that Khalistani actions have elevated after the AAP authorities was fashioned in Punjab. Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta alleged that the AAP was “furthering Khalistani agenda”.

In Himachal Pradesh, together with rising AAP’s actions, Khalistani actions are additionally on the rise, Gupta stated. The flags have been put up on the outer facet of the gate quantity one of many state meeting advanced, which have now been eliminated by the administration.

Pro-Khalistan slogans have been additionally discovered scrawled on the partitions of the meeting advanced, which have been painted once more. The whole BJP is making an attempt to avoid wasting one goon, and Khalistani left placing up flags there (on the gate of Himachal Pradesh Assembly advanced), Sisodia tweeted in Hindi, taking a dig on the ruling BJP.

He apparently referred as goon Delhi BJP chief Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga who was arrested by a staff of Punjab Police on Friday from his residence within the nationwide capital in reference to a case registered in Mohali however introduced again by the Delhi Police similar day later after a high-voltage drama which drew police of three states and kicked up a slugfest between the AAP and the BJP.

In his tweet, Sisodia stated, “The government which cannot save the Legislative Assembly, how will it save the people. This is a matter of Himachal’s respect, security of the country. The BJP government has completely failed.”

In one other tweet, the Delhi deputy chief minister referred to as the tying of Khalistani flags on the entrance of the meeting advanced an enormous safety failure and demanded that both Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur resign or the Union authorities sack his authorities in Himachal Pradesh.

The AAP referred to as the incident a disgrace on the BJP, saying somebody may stroll away placing up Khalistani flags on the entrance of the Assembly regardless of the saffron get together being on the helm, each within the state and on the Centre.

“Shame on BJP. It’s their government in Himachal and at the Centre. Yet someone leaves after putting up Khalistani flag at Legislative Assembly, which means either they (BJP) govt are completely incompetent or they are hand in glove with Khalistanis,” the get together stated in a tweet in Hindi.

Responding to allegations, Delhi BJP chief Gupta in a press release alleged, “Even before Punjab polls, Kejriwal was having meals with Khalistani chief at his house. Now, when polls are due in Himachal Pradesh, a Khalistani flag has been put up outside state assembly there to defame the state.”

Gupta alleged it can’t be denied that “ever since AAP became active in Punjab, Khalistani moment is gaining strength there.” The extremist, Pannu, brazenly charged that “we gave foreign donation to AAP for winning Punjab polls.”

Earlier it was in Patiala and now this flag being put up at Himachal Pradesh state meeting in Dharamshala right now. It’s not a coincidence however an experiment. It is time to cease such acts of Khalistanis in Punjab and different components of the nation, Gupta stated within the assertion.

In the run-up to the meeting polls in Himachal Pradesh scheduled later this 12 months, the AAP just lately discovered itself on the centre of an argument after the BJP accused the Arvind Kejriwal-led get together’s social media in-charge within the hill state Harpreet Singh Bedi of brazenly supporting the Khalistan referring to a sequence of his tweets posted on the microblogging web site few years in the past.

Acting swiftly on the BJP’s allegations, the AAP expelled Bedi from all posts within the get together over his alleged pro-Khalistani tweets, saying that the views expressed by him in his posts on the micro-blogging web site have been towards the Aam Aadmi Party’s ideology.

Buoyed by its landslide victory in neighbouring Punjab, the AAP is gearing as much as contest on all seats within the upcoming meeting polls in Himachal Pradesh.