The Opposition on Sunday attacked state’s ruling AAP, saying it suspended its Amritsar legislator Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh as he exposed party leaders involved in drug trade and questioned the Punjab Government over its failure to ensure justice in sacrilege cases.
The MLA has been vocal against his party’s government in recent past. In the wake of the Amritsar spurious liquor tragedy, he had alleged that people involved in the illicit trade had become “a part of the regime and running the show”.
He had also questioned the government over the timing and the rationale behind the arrest of SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia in a disproportionate assets case.
Slamming AAP, Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly Partap Singh Bajwa said Vijay Pratap paid the price of “speaking truth”.
In apost of X (formerly Twitter), Bajwa said the only fault of the MLA was that he “exposed failures of the Bhagwant Mann-led state government. “The MLA’s suspension is a badge of honour for standing with truth and Punjab,” Bajwa said.
The Congress leader said when Vijay Pratap — a former IPS officer — joined AAP, party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal had promised to end the drug menace while bringing to book culprits of sacrilege cases in the state.
“But Kunwar Vijay Pratap — one of @AAPPunjab’s few honest, courageous MLAs has been suspended for speaking the truth!” he said.
