{"id":59407,"date":"2026-01-29T18:58:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=59407"},"modified":"2026-01-29T22:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:30:14","slug":"aaps-pannu-slams-warring-and-bajwas-silence-on-rajinder-kaur-bhattals-explosive-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/punjab\/aaps-pannu-slams-warring-and-bajwas-silence-on-rajinder-kaur-bhattals-explosive-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"AAP&#8217;s Pannu Slams Warring and Bajwa&#8217;s Silence on Rajinder Kaur Bhattal\u2019s Explosive Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Who advised bomb blasts, Congress must name leaders, officers and advisors, Punjabis Deserve Answers: Pannu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Punjab News:<\/span> Aam Aadmi Party Punjab Media In-charge Baltej Pannu on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Congress leadership for maintaining a \u201ccriminal silence\u201d over the shocking statements made by former Punjab Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, who recently claimed that she was advised to allow bomb blasts in Punjab to help the Congress government return to power.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference at the party office, Pannu said it was deeply disturbing that more than 24 hours after the interview went viral, neither Rajinder Kaur Bhattal nor any senior Congress leader has come forward to clarify or condemn the statement. \u201cThis silence raises serious questions. Are these statements true, or is Congress trying to bury a very uncomfortable truth?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>Pannu recalled that this was not the first time such revelations had surfaced. Former CM Captain Amarinder Singh himself had earlier spoken about young men being presented before the then Prime Minister and later being killed, claims that were never properly investigated or even acknowledged during his long tenures as Chief Minister. \u201cWhy did Captain Amarinder Singh, despite ruling Punjab for years, never speak about those youths or seek justice for their families?\u201d Pannu questioned.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to Bhattal\u2019s interview, Pannu said the claim that senior leaders, advisors or officers suggested orchestrating bomb blasts at public places to secure electoral victory is an extremely grave matter. \u201cPunjab has paid an unbearable price for violence during tough times. Families were destroyed, youth were lost, and the state is still carrying the burden, socially, economically and emotionally. To even suggest using terror as a political tool is unforgivable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pannu also questioned why the Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, and other senior leaders have chosen to remain silent. \u201cAt the very least, Congress must tell Punjabis whether Rajinder Kaur Bhattal is lying or telling the truth. Who were those leaders, officers and advisors who gave such advice?\u201d he demanded.<\/p>\n<p>He further linked the statement to the 2017 pre-election bomb blast, in which innocent lives, including children, were lost. \u201cIf Bhattal\u2019s statement is true, Punjabis have every right to ask whether such incidents were part of a larger conspiracy to manipulate power,\u201d Pannu said, calling for full accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing a contrast, Pannu said traditional parties, Congress and Akali Dal, have repeatedly compromised Punjab\u2019s interests, whether on SYL, Chandigarh, Punjab University or BBMB, for political convenience. \u201cThese parties ruled by suppressing truth and sacrificing Punjab\u2019s rights. Today, their own leaders are exposing that dark history,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pannu asserted that under Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, AAP has taken an uncompromising stand on every issue concerning Punjab\u2019s rights and dignity. \u201cThis government assures Punjabis that the state will never again be treated as a laboratory for political experiments. Punjab\u2019s peace, rights and future are non-negotiable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Concluding, Pannu said the truth cannot remain hidden forever. \u201cLike the tale of the blue jackal, the real face of these traditional parties is being exposed. Punjabis must remember how governments were formed in the past, and must never allow such forces to return,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who advised bomb blasts, Congress must name leaders, officers and advisors, Punjabis Deserve Answers: Pannu Punjab News: Aam Aadmi Party Punjab Media In-charge Baltej Pannu on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Congress leadership for maintaining a \u201ccriminal silence\u201d over the shocking statements made by former Punjab Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, who recently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":59408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,21,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-political-news","category-punjab"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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