Channi’s laxity and Sidhu’s love for Pakistan responsible for Ludhiana attack: Sirsa

Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, December 23

BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Thursday strongly condemned the Ludhiana terror attack and said laxity on part of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and PPCC chief Navjot Sidhu’s love for Pakistan were directly responsible for this attack.

In a strong worded statement released here, Sirsa said it was shocking to see that the CM is linking the attack with elections and claiming that blast took place to divert attention from the drugs case.

He said this is highly irresponsible and shameful statement from a person who has responsibility of ensuring safety of people and state.

He said Channi should tell people if this blast was a result of intelligence failure or he was pursuing Congress party agenda of 1980s to push Punjab in black era when Congress benefitted from black days and got power while thousands of innocent lives were lost in that era.

Sirsa said people of Punjab were in shock due to the Ludhiana blast and were surprised to see their CM performing Bhangra on stage and Sidhu embracing Imran Khan.

He said Channi should also tell people if he had prior information of such an attack and why no arrest was made and if not, was he sleeping.

Sirsa further said that Punjab continues to suffer as the Congress government puts state’s security at risk. He also said that law and order situation was at its worst while Congress leaders and their CM were busy playing blame game.

The BJP leader also shared deepest condolences with the families of those who lost their loved ones in the blast.