Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Friday came down heavily on the Centre and the opposition parties after the Special Vidhan Sabha Session. CM Mann was asked about the latest FIR that has been filed against two Punjab Cabinet Ministers, Harpal Singh Cheema and Aman Arora.
Addressing the media, CM Mann said, "Anyone who speaks the truth is slapped with an FIR. Arvind Kejriwal spent 8 months in jail, Manish Sisodia is also out on bail, and Satyendar Jain also remained behind bars. This is nothing but an attempt to obstruct our politics and stop our work for the people.”
On being asked about FIR against Arora and Cheema, CM Mann said, "Yes, FIRs will be filed, and arrests will be made, that is their way of silencing dissent. When the time comes for arrest, how can I stop it? We will face it legally. We believe in the judicial system, and we will go to court to fight these cases."
When asked about BJP Delhi minister Manjinder Sirsa sending a legal notice to AAP state president Aman Arora, Mann sought an answer from Sirsa on “who has kept and supported gangsters”.
FIR against Aman Arora and Harpal Cheema
Chandigarh Police's Cyber Cell on Friday registered a case against Punjab Cabinet ministers Harpal Singh Cheema and Aman Arora on the complaint of Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa, who alleged that they circulated an edited clip to "defame" him.
They were booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The Congress alleged that AAP functionaries circulated a doctored video that twisted his criticism of the state Vigilance Bureau's misconduct against a woman MLA into false support for arrested Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who is facing charges in a disproportionate assets case linked to drugs.