MOHALI, May 4 : The BJP should forget that it will ever assume power in Punjab, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Monday as he accused the saffron party of meting out “step-motherly treatment” with the border state.
Mann’s remarks came as the BJP is set to register a big win in West Bengal, ousting the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government and is also set to retain power in Assam, while the NDA looks to make a comeback in Puducherry.
The saffron party can win from any state in the country but it should never dream of winning from this land of great gurus, saints, seers, prophets and martyrs, Mann said after inaugurating 250 rural sport grounds in the state.
The people of Punjab are well aware of the dubious character of the BJP and they will definitely teach it a lesson, as Punjabis can never forget how the food growers of the state were “humiliated” during the protest against the farm laws, he said.
The hands of the BJP were drenched with the blood of more than 700 farmers who attained “martyrdom” during the agitation, he said.
Highlighting the party’s record in Punjab, the CM said though the BJP is buoyed over electoral gains in some states, as far as Punjab is concerned, there is a “long saga of injustice and step-motherly treatment”. He alleged the BJP wants to “deprive” Punjab of Panjab University, Chandigarh, Bhakra Beas Management Board and every legitimate right, and has stalled the legitimate share of grants of the state just to jeopardise its development.
Dismissing the BJP’s prospects in the state, he said, “Rather than building castles in the air, the BJP leadership should forget that it will ever assume power in Punjab as its sins against the state and its people are unpardonable, and with what face will it come to Punjab when its leaders have never raised the issues of the state and its people, as the brave and wise people of Punjab will never forget these misdeeds and will teach them a befitting lesson.”
On accountability and ‘beadbi’ (sacrilege), CM Mann claimed the people have taught a befitting lesson to such “arrogant” leaders who never cared for the common man and remained confined within their grand residences, and those who sought votes in the name of ‘Gurbani’ committed grave disrespect as incidents of ‘beadbi’ of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji took place during their tenure without action against the culprits.
“The government has passed the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Amendment Act 2026 unanimously, which provides harsher punishment and will end such incidents in the future by ensuring no one dares to commit this heinous crime, as these acts were part of a deep conspiracy to disturb peace, brotherhood and communal harmony,” he said.
Mann said while he will undertake a ‘Shukrana Yatra’ from Sri Anandpur Sahib from May 6 to May 9 to pay obeisance at Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib, Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Damdama Sahib, Mastauana Sahib, Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib and Sri Fatehgarh Sahib to thank the Almighty. (PTI)
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