India Narrative

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party, accusing them of rampant corruption, in his address at a BJP election rally at Pathankot in Punjab.  He said both the parties were two sides of the same coin: "Ek hi thali ke chatte batte hain," he remarked, drawing a loud applause from the huge crowd at the rally.   The Prime Minister, also accused the Congress of belittling and insulting the sacrifices of the soldiers who died during the 2016 Pathankot attack. He said that the country was together in the response to the attack except for the Congress party. "They questioned the government, the people of Punjab and even our army. They belittled the sacrifices of the soldiers," he added. The PM said that during the anniversary of the 2019 terror attack in Pulwama, the Congress was again doing the same. "Even on Pulwama anniversary, they continue their 'paap leela'," he remarked. Read More

  Punjab Pradesh Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu has failed in his attempt to keep out tainted leaders from getting tickets to contest  the state assembly elections as the names of several party candidates announced by the party in its first list are either facing charges of corruption or are allegedly involved in scams. However, all these tainted candidates deny the allegations levelled against them. Sham Sundar Arora, in the poll fray from Hoshiarpur, faced allegations of selling government land worth several crores to a private party at a throwaway price. He was at the time the Industries minister in the Captain Amarinder Singh government. He was dropped from the cabinet by the new incumbent Charanjit Singh Channi. Former minister Balbir Sidhu contesting from Mohali has been accused of grabbing government land in villages besides the tiles scandal. Navtej Cheema fielded from Sultanpur Lodhi, too, is a tainted name as he was accused of misappropriating the funds of a religious