Trashing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claims of successful Covid-19 management by the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday said that the AAP leaders in Punjab had chosen to put their petty vested political interests even above the security concerns of the state and the welfare of its people.
“On the one hand they talk of working together to fight the unprecedented crisis, and on the other, they are ignoring the persistent attempts by Pakistan to foment fresh trouble in our state by spreading false propaganda over the pandemic,” the Chief Minister added further.
In a hard-hitting response to the press and video statements of some AAP Punjab leaders, the Chief Minister said they seemed more focused on launching a personal attack against him rather than on condemning the Covid-19 disinformation campaign being spread by anti-social elements in the state’s villages. Captain Amarinder said this showed the extent to which AAP was ready to stoop to further their political agenda in the state, where they had completely lost the confidence of the people.
“Not a word from AAP on the fake news videos, which appear to have emanated from Pakistan, to spread fear and disinformation among the people of Punjab on coronavirus. No reaction to the arrest of an AAP activist for disseminating such a video,” said Captain Amarinder.
This indicates that they do not want the people to become aware of the fabrication, but want to leverage their political benefit, he said, asking “Does this not amount to playing into the hands of the anti-social anti-Punjab agents operating from across the border?”
Captain Amarinder said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s announcement on AAP workers going around Punjab villages with Oxymeters “further exposed their desperation to woo the people of our state, where they have no political standing left.”