Last Update: May 25, 2023, 21:50 IST
The Punjab Congress has been accusing the AAP government in the state of political vendetta against its leaders. (File photo: PTI)
The Congress is yet to clarify its stand on the issue, but the Punjab unit has been asking its senior leadership to consult them before taking a decision.
A day after the Punjab unit urged the Congress high command to consult the state units before taking a decision on supporting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on the Delhi ordinance issue, the senior leadership slammed the state unit over cases lodged against locals. Report sought from Leaders of the Bhagwant Mann government insisted that it would stand up to them against the allegation of a “political witch-hunt”.
The AAP leadership, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has been traveling across the country to seek support for the party on the issue. Kejriwal met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar on Thursday.
The Congress is yet to clarify its stand on the issue, but the Punjab unit has been asking its senior leadership to consult them before taking a decision.
Following the request, the Congress high command has sought a report from the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) on the cases registered by the state government against party leaders.
Party sources said AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal has sought a report from PCC chief Amarinder Singh Raja Waring.
The Punjab Congress has been accusing the AAP government in the state of political vendetta against its leaders.
Apart from the arrest of former ministers Sadhu Singh Dharamsot and Bharat Bhushan Ashu, the report to be submitted to the high command also mentions the arrest of former party MLA Kikki Dhillon and ongoing interrogation against former CM Charanjit Channi, former minister Brahm Mohindra. Pahra and Sukhpal met MLA Barinder from Cairo.
Waring said, “Whatever politically motivated cases have been registered by the Punjab government against Congress leaders, they will be brought to the notice of the high command.”
Leader of the Opposition Pratap Singh Bajwa said the AAP did not deserve solidarity with the Congress as it carried out a ruthless hunt against Congress MLAs, leaders and workers in the state. He has already urged the party high command to consider the point before arriving at a decision on supporting AAP on the ordinance issue.
Punjab Congress leaders have urged the party high command to consult the leadership of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Karnataka before helping AAP.
