Congress MLAs burn Punjab CM effigy over poor law-and-order following anti-drugs crusaders murder
Congress MLAs in Punjab burned an effigy of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to protest the state's deteriorating law-and-order situation following the murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota. The opposition party is demanding the Chief Minister's resignation, citing his failure to curb the drug menace and protect activists.
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The incident highlights growing political instability and public safety concerns in Punjab, reflecting broader tensions between the state government and opposition parties over governance.
Congress MLAs burn Punjab CM effigy over poor law-and-order following anti-drugs crusaders murder left Poster of Anti-drug campaigner Parvinder Singh Jhota. File Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Shiv Kumar Pushpakar https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/2xfjhw/article67252778.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/5331_24_8_2023_19_13_58_1_JHOTA.JPG SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR MANSA, PUNJAB, 24/08/2023:Poster of Anti-drug campaigner Parvinder Singh Jhota displays by Political farmers, labourers and social organizations during a protest against the arrest by Punjab police, in front of Deputy Commissioner’s office, Mansa district of Punjab. August 21, 2023. Photo: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR / The Hindu (For Ground Zero, To go Abhinays story) “It is the voice of the entire Punjab that law and order has completely ended in Punjab,” says Partap Singh Bajwa CHANDIGARH The Punjab Assembly on Thursday (October 23, 2026), during the obituary references, paid tributes to anti-drug crusader Parvinder Singh Jhota, who was shot at in Punjab’s Mansa, even as, before the commencement of the session, Congress MLAs led by the leader of the…
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