Ropar: A day after the arrest of Navneet Chaturvedi for allegedly forging signatures of AAP MLA Dinesh Chadha and other MLAs to file Rajya Sabha bypoll nomination papers, and the arrest of Ropar DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar on corruption charges, Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh took a dig at the BJP-led Centre on Friday.
Speaking to reporters in Ropar, Balbir Singh said the AAP government and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann have zero tolerance for corruption, but the law should be applied equally. “In the Chaturvedi case, they are trying to be chaturai (clever). Such cases should not be used to force people to join the BJP,” he said.
On questions regarding corruption in the Punjab police, he added that corruption is not limited to Punjab and also occurs in other BJP-ruled states. He cited allegations of Rs 62,000 crore corruption in Maharashtra, which, according to him, disappeared once the leaders accused joined the BJP.
Balbir Singh further said the law must be applied equally, citing recent drug seizures at Gujarat ports, where the state government was not held accountable.
