In a first of its kind case, LOP booked by state government for making false statements
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ April 13,2025
As per available information, the Bhagwant Mann led aam aadmi party (AAP) has booked leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa.
As per sources, the case has been registered at Cyber Crime police station in Mohali. The state police has booked Bajwa under section 197 (1) (D) (offense of making or publishing false or misleading information that jeopardizes the sovereignty, unity, and integrity of India) and section 353 (2) (offense of making, publishing, or circulating false statements, rumors, or alarming news with the intent to create or promote enmity, hatred, or ill will between different groups based on religion, race, language, or other grounds) of the BNS.
In an interview to a private television channel, Bajwa had claimed, “I have come to know that 50 bombs have reached Punjab. Of this, 18 have exploded, 32 are yet to go off.”
Bajwa’s claims came amid several grenade attacks in the state in recent months.
After this statement, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday said that age old family ties of Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa with operatives in Pakistan were behind the theory that 50 bombs have been smuggled into the state as intelligence agencies have no inputs regarding it.
In a statement, the Chief Minister said that it is well known fact that Bajwa family is well connected with the Pakistani operatives since decades due to which he is getting such irrational and baseless information. He said that while intelligence agencies have no such inputs Bajwa’s friend sitting across the border must have told him about their plans to disrupt peace and progress in the state. Bhagwant Singh Mann asked the Congress leader to substantiate his claim or face action for creating panic amongst people.
The Chief Minister said that Bajwa must reveal the source of his information in this regard as this is the moral duty of the leader. Or, he questioned that is Partap Singh Bajwa waiting for the bombs to explode so that he can use this opportunity for his vested political interests. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that this kind of apathetic and irresponsible attitude of the unwarranted and undesirable.
