AMRITSAR: Referring to the deteriorating law and order situation of Punjab, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) state president Sunil Jakhar held the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) responsible for the current situation in Punjab.While expressing concern over the killing of assistant sub inspector (ASI) Sarup Singh in Jandiala, near Amritsar on Friday, he said: "The precarious situation within the police force raises concerns about the safety of the common people".Jakhar was addressing the BJP workers meeting held under the leadership of BJP Amritsar president Harwinder Sandhu at Harbans Lal Khanna Samarak.While elaborating on the deteriorating law and order conditions, he said that villages faced a graver situation than cities. "Due to the menace of snatchers and assailants, village residents, especially women, live in fear, hesitant to venture outside their homes claimed he adding that This was happening despite grand claims made by the Bhagwant Mann government and the police, the reality contradicts claims of an ideal law and order situation.Launching a scathing attack on the Aam Adami Party (AAP) government, he said AAP came to power promising clean governance but it has miserably failed in providing Punjab with even fundamental safety of life as law and order has collapsed"He also claimed that the state was going through very difficult times . The only people safe today are gangsters sitting in jails plotting murders, kidnappings and even addressing media he alleged.Politically speaking, the Congress turncoat, Jakhar said that for the first time, BJP would contest the elections of all the five municipal corporations of Punjab and would field its candidates on all the seats.Claiming that Amritsar was traditionally the BJPs seat he urged party men to work with a zeal to usher in the real change which, he claimed, Punjab needed.

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