The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab once again launched an attack against BJP Punjab President Sunil Jakhar for lying about Punjab's tableau having photos of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal. Addressing a press conference from the party office on Saturday, along with spokesperson Govinder Mittal, AAP Punjab chief spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang said that instead of talking about random stuff Sunil Jakhar should tell why did he lied about photos of Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal.
Our tableaus representing the history and culture of Punjab were rejected by the BJP government. But instead of taking a stand for Punjab's representation for such a historic day, BJP Punjab President chose to spread lies just to defame our government. Through his lies Sunil Jakhar disrespect Punjab, Punjabis, Punjabiyat and Punjab's rich culture and history.
Kang added that now the Ministry of Defense (Government of India) has clarified that the concept of the tableaus of Punjab which was sent to the Central Government for the January 26th parade, didn't include photos of Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann.
Kang demanded that either Mr Jakhar should apologise to the people of Punjab for disrespecting our martyrs and rich heritage or he should provide proof of what he is saying. Even after the clarification of the central government, Jakhar on Friday said that he stands by his statement then he should give evidence to support his statement too.
Kang further said that Sunil Jakhar should have taken a stand in favor of Punjab, the BJP is constantly discriminating against Punjab and they insulted our martyrs and their great sacrifices. Instead of protesting against the biasedness of the BJP government, Sunil Jakhar made up his own lies. And even now, when his lies are caught he is not apologising to the people of Punjab.
Kang said that Sunil Jakhar must apologise because what he did is a crime, a crime against Punjab and Punjabiyat. "We will not drop this matter until he apologizes," reiterated Kang. He added that the people of Punjab will never forget the insult shown by the BJP and its leaders towards the history and the martyred heroes of Punjab. Jakhad, who claims to be the son of Punjab, should apologise to all the Punjabis for his false and misleading statements.