Sukhpal Singh Khaira’s arrest flared up the fight between AAP and Congress with the leaders belonging to the latter slamming the Arvind Kejriwal-led party Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday assured that the Aam Aadmi Party was “committed” to the Opposition’s INDIA bloc, amid a fresh row between his party and the Congress in Punjab following Sukhpal Singh said However, Kejriwal also said his party remains committed to ending the drug menace in PunjabKhaira’s arrest in an old drugs case. “The AAP will not separate ways from INDIA alliance,” he said at a press conference Yesterday, I heard that the Punjab Police arrested a Congress leader (Sukhpal Singh Khaira) in connection with drugs. I don’t have the details, you will have to speak to the Punjab Police about the same…but the Bhagwant Mann government, the AAP government is committed to ending the drug menace Kejriwal
He added In the fight against the drug menace, nobody will be spared however big or small position they might be in Khaira’s arrest flared up the fight between AAP and Congress with the leaders belonging to the latter slamming the Kejriwal-led party On Thursday, the Punjab Police raided the Congress MLA’s Chandigarh house and arrested him in connection with an old case registered against him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. During the raids, Khaira also went live on Facebook where he can be seen arguing with the police saying the case was already quashed by the Supreme Court. The police, in turn, responded by saying that his arrest was on the recommendation of a probe conducted by an SIT led by a DIG rank officer and two SSPs Punjab Police arrested Khaira from his Chandigarh residence earlier this morning in connection with an old case registered in 2015 under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act
Hours later, a Jalalabad court remanded Khaira, who represents the Bholath constituency in the Punjab assembly, in two days’ police custody Criticising CM Mann, Khaira slammed the AAP government outside the court complex saying, “They (the Aam Aadmi Party leaders) used to say that we are doing ‘badlaav ki rajneeti (politics of change)’ but they are doing ‘badle ki rajneeti (politics of revenge Congress leaders hit out Meanwhile, Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring also hit out at the AAP government in the state, calling it an act of “political vendetta The recent arrest of @INCPunjab MLA Amarinder Sing@SukhpalKhaira ji smacks of Political Vendetta, it is an attempt to intimidate the opposition and is a ploy of the @AAPPunjab govt to distract from core issues. We stand strongly with Sukhpal Khaira and will take this fight to its logical conclusion,” he wrote on X, formerly known as
His statement comes amid the accusation made by the Congress’ Punjab unit about the state’s AAP government indulging in political vendetta following the arrest of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in connection with a 2015 drug trafficking case However, rejecting the allegation, AAP has said that the action taken against Khaira was according to the law. AAP Chief Kejriwal while addressing a press conference on Friday was asked about the party’s future in Punjab after the Congress legislator was arrested The AAP is committed towards the INDIA alliance. We will not break away from the alliance. We are committed to fulfilling the dharma of the alliance,” Kejriwal said Talking about the case, he said, “I have heard about it but I don’t have details. You will have to talk to the Punjab Police.” “The Bhagwant Mann government is committed to ending the drug menace in the state since it has destroyed the youth. Be it an influential person or a small-time person, no one will be spared. I am not commenting on any particular incident since the details are not with me
Commenting on why the opposition bloc, INDIA, has not yet projected a prime ministerial candidate, Kejriwal said that a system needs to be prepared “so that 140 crore people of India feel they are prime minister. We have to empower people and not one personAfter the arrest of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in connection with a drugs case, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has said that his party is fully committed to the INDIA alliance but anybody dealing with the drugs will not be spared Addressing a news conference, Kejriwal said “We are fully committed to the India alliance. We will not separate from the alliance under any circumstances. I have come to know that the Punjab Police arrested some Congress leader yesterday. I do not have its details; Punjab Police will tell it. But we have waged a war against drugs. I would not like to comment on any individual case or person, but we are committed to end drug addiction. In this war against drugs, no matter how big or small a person is, he will not be spared
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