Chandigarh, August 8
After the latest revelation that dreaded gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s interview was conducted in Punjab, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa on Wednesday sought the resignation of the Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann who also holds the Home and Jail portfolios.
Notably, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) today submitted a sealed report to the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The report reveals that the first interview of Bishnoi took place while he was in CIA custody in Kharar, Punjab, and the second was conducted in a Rajasthan jail. 
“The Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab government has been lying since March 2023. Now, after this revelation in the High Court, Bhagwant Mann owes an explanation to the people of Punjab and particularly the parents of slain Punjabi rapper and singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu (Sidhu Moosewala)”, Bajwa added.
Senior Congress Leader Bajwa said that the interview happened right under the nose of the Punjab CM, and he has no clue about the same. There have been black sheep in the Police department. As a home minister, Bhagwant Mann must order an impartial investigation, and erring police officials should be given an exemplary punishment. Bhagwant Mann should at least apologise for lying about the gangster’s interview.
“The gang culture in Punjab has been on the rise ever since the AAP govt held power in 2022. Meanwhile, the contractors, who have been building the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway have been getting death threats”, Bajwa added.
The opposition leader said that the Mann government has failed miserably to rein in such obnoxious elements in Punjab. Punjab Chief Secretary Anurag Verma has to intervene in the matter and he has directed Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav to register a First Information Report (FIR) against people allegedly threatening to burn alive contractors working on the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway.
