Punjab won't hesitate in taking tough decisions, says Delhi on Amritpal row

AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab will not hesitate in taking tough decisions to maintain law and order as he asserted that those trying to spoil the atmosphere in the state are on the runKejriwals remarks come in the wake of the Punjab Police action against radical preacher and Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh and his associatesThe Delhi chief minister along with his Punjab counterpart was in the city where the crackdown on the Khalistan sympathiser began on Saturday to lay the foundation stone of Sri Guru Ravidas Bani Adhyan Centre at Dera Sachkhand Ballan hereAddressing the gathering Kejriwal said whoever tries to disturb peace in Punjab will not be spared In the past few days you saw how some people tried to disturb peace in Punjab he saidWe do not have to allow the atmosphere to be spoiled at any cost We have to maintain peace law and order in Punjab he said Kejriwal said the Mann government took tough decisions to maintain peace in the stateSometimes tough decisions have to be taken But if our AAP government in Punjab under the leadership of Bhagwant Mann will have to take tough decisions we will not hesitate from taking them he addedMann saab took tough decisions but without a bullet being fired and blood being shed peace is maintained in the entire Punjab today he said Amritpal has been on the run after the police crackdown began Several images and videos showed him travelling in multiple vehicles to dodge police The Punjab government has slapped the strictest National Security Act against him and some of his associatesWhile the fugitives whereabouts are still unknown police say efforts are on to nab him On the issue of drugs Kejriwal asked the people of Punjab to join hands with the AAP government in wiping out this menaceAlso read BJP puts up lsquoKejriwal hataorsquo posters Delhi CM says lsquono objectionrsquoWhen 3 crore Punjabis join hands with the government then no drug peddler will have the courage to sell drugs he said All drug peddlers will be caught and put in jail he addedKejriwal said the law and order situation in the state has improved after the formation of the Aam Aadmi Party AAP government During the previous governments their MLAs and ministers had settings with gangsters mafia and criminals he alleged But the AAP government does not have any such setting with anyone that is why gangsters and mafia are being punished he saidPunjab is slowly coming back on track of being Rangla Punjab he said We have to give jobs we have to give computers to children We do not have to give drugs and guns to them he addedYou have formed an honest government in Punjab We can all make the state a Rangla Punjab he addedOn the health system Kejriwal said We improved and upgraded government hospitals in Delhi and medicines tests and treatment is free there The Bhagwant Mann government has also started the work of improving the government hospitals of Punjab In Delhi we have opened mohalla clinics in every street I opened 550 mohalla clinics in Delhi in five years Mann saab has opened 500 mohalla clinics in Punjab in just one yearThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever