Raja Warring demands CM’s resignation over serial blasts, welcomes FBI crackdown on gangsters

Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over the serial bomb blasts taking place in Punjab, alleging that both the state government and the police had remained clueless in dealing with the incidents.

Warring also welcomed the FBI’s action against gangsters operating from the United States and targeting Indians. He particularly hailed the identification of a Punjab Police officer accused of extorting $400,000 and intimidating people.

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Reacting to the bomb attack on a police station in Moga, Warring, while interacting informally with reporters here, said Bhagwant Mann had completely failed as both the Chief Minister and the Home Minister of Punjab.

He alleged that the state government was treating the blasts casually, as though it were business as usual. He also referred to earlier blasts that took place in Jalandhar and Amritsar over a month ago.

He questioned the Punjab Police’s inability to prevent the repeated bomb blasts in the state. “If even police stations are not safe and are being repeatedly targeted without anyone fearing the law, imagine the plight of the common man,” he remarked.

Replying to a question on the FBI’s action against the gangster network operating from the US, Warring said it was a welcome move, as gangsters would no longer have safe havens anywhere. He suggested that the Punjab Police should take a cue from the FBI and initiate similar action in the state.

Responding to another question about a police inspector who had reportedly extorted $400,000 from some people, Warring said the Congress had consistently maintained that gangsters were being aided and protected by elements within the police, and that this case was proof of those allegations.

Warring added that he had also written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, expressing concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Punjab.