Chandigarh: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has accused Aam Aadmi Party leaders of "aligning with radical groups" of the state and urged the Centre to probe the party's source of funding.
Sukhbir Badal, who holds the Home portfolio, also claimed that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had "big plans" to destabilise Punjab by targeting "important" leaders before the 2017 Assembly polls, adding that this has been conveyed to the Union Home Minister and the National Security Adviser.
"All radical groups have aligned with AAP. The government of India should definitely investigate the source of funding of the party," he told reporters in Chandigarh, accusing Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal of meeting representatives of these groups regularly.
"Radical leaders like Mohkam Singh are trying their best to use the 2017 election as an opportunity to destabilise peace and harmony that the people of Punjab got after great sacrifices," he alleged, adding that it was "unfortunate" that Mr Kejriwal was "in touch" with such elements.
"ISI has big plans to destabilise Punjab before the polls. They have plans to target important leaders and engineer acts of sacrilege. We have conveyed this to the Union Home Minister and the National Security Adviser a month back," Sukhbir Badal said.
The Punjab government has been facing opposition flak over several incidents, including attacks on Sikh preacher Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwale, RSS leader Jagdish Gagneja, an RSS volunteer in Ludhiana and the murder of Mata Chand Kaur.
He said Punjab police had cracked all the cases "in no time" but being "sensitive" in nature, the Mata Chand Kaur and Bargari sacrilege cases were taking some time.
Sukhbir Badal, who holds the Home portfolio, also claimed that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had "big plans" to destabilise Punjab by targeting "important" leaders before the 2017 Assembly polls, adding that this has been conveyed to the Union Home Minister and the National Security Adviser.
"All radical groups have aligned with AAP. The government of India should definitely investigate the source of funding of the party," he told reporters in Chandigarh, accusing Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal of meeting representatives of these groups regularly.
"Radical leaders like Mohkam Singh are trying their best to use the 2017 election as an opportunity to destabilise peace and harmony that the people of Punjab got after great sacrifices," he alleged, adding that it was "unfortunate" that Mr Kejriwal was "in touch" with such elements.
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"ISI has big plans to destabilise Punjab before the polls. They have plans to target important leaders and engineer acts of sacrilege. We have conveyed this to the Union Home Minister and the National Security Adviser a month back," Sukhbir Badal said.
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The Punjab government has been facing opposition flak over several incidents, including attacks on Sikh preacher Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwale, RSS leader Jagdish Gagneja, an RSS volunteer in Ludhiana and the murder of Mata Chand Kaur.
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He said Punjab police had cracked all the cases "in no time" but being "sensitive" in nature, the Mata Chand Kaur and Bargari sacrilege cases were taking some time.
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