From Murder of Young Footballer in Ludhiana to Extortion Shootings in Bathinda and Illegal Mining Loot in Pathankot, Punjab Is Witnessing Total Collapse of Law and Governance: Kewal Singh Dhillon

These incidents are not isolated shocks, they reflect a relentless, unchecked wave of crime and corruption that the Mann government has miserably failed to stop

Chandigarh, November, 14-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Punjab State President Kewal Singh Dhillon today launched a sharp attack on Aap govt stating that recurring murders, brazen extortion shootings, and multi-crore illegal mining scams prove that both law and order and administrative integrity have completely collapsed in Punjab.

Dhillon emphasized that these horrific cases are far from isolated incidents; rather, they are the latest additions to an unbroken chain of targeted killings, ransom firings, and organized loot that have plagued Punjab week after week, with the state government failing completely to rein in criminals or restore public confidence.

Reacting to three major incidents reported across the state over the past 24 hours, Dhillon said Punjab’s youth, traders, and natural resources are all unsafe under the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) regime:

* Murder of Promising Footballer in Ludhiana: Expressing deep anguish over the brutal murder of 20-year-old promising football player Karanvir Singh alias Gopi in Latala village (Ludhiana)—whose body was found near the village cremation ground with a plastic sack stuffed into his mouth, Dhillon demanded strict punishment for all culprits and adequate compensation for the bereaved family. He noted that violent crime has become unchecked even in rural Punjab.

* Brazen Extortion Firing in Bathinda: Referring to the incident in Bathinda’s Bhagta Bhai Ka where two armed shooters looted a motorcycle and sprayed bullets at a dairy over non-payment of extortion money, Dhillon said gangsters are running a parallel extortion economy across Punjab while the Chief Minister remains busy with political tours outside the state.

* Illegal Mining & Land Scam Exposed in Pathankot: Hitting out at the Mann government’s tall claims of eliminating the mining mafia, Dhillon pointed to the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) arrest of a former Pathankot Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) and a mining businessman, leading to the recovery of ₹1.75 crore in cash and the freezing of 31 bank accounts in connection with illegal mining and fraudulent land transfers.
"Day after day, the same grim script repeats itself across Punjab, yet the Bhagwant Mann government remains a mute spectator," Dhillon asserted. "Whether it is the blood of our young athletes spilling on village roads, traders facing bullets for refusing ransom, or senior administrative officers colluding with the mining mafia to loot crores, this regime has completely failed to stop the rot and has forfeited every moral right to govern."

The Punjab BJP President demanded that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann immediately step down as Home Minister, ensure fast-track justice for Karanvir Singh’s family, launch an uncompromising crackdown on extortion gangs, and order an independent probe into political patronage behind the Pathankot illegal mining nexus.

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Punjab government cut procurement target, leaving farmers stranded in grain markets — Sunil Jakhar

* Former Punjab BJP president visits Abohar grain market and hears farmers’ concerns.
* Says the Mann government set Fazilka district’s procurement quota below the amount purchased last year.
* Accuses the state government of stabbing farmers in the back by failing to plan on time and submit revised estimates to the central government.
* Calls for an inquiry into whether money from deductions imposed during paddy procurement went to officials or political leaders.

Abohar/Chandigarh, November 14-Former Punjab president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunil Jakhar visited the Abohar grain market today, where he met farmers waiting to sell their paddy and heard their concerns. Jakhar said the Bhagwant Singh Mann government had failed to approach the central government in time to seek an increase in the Cash Credit Limit (CCL) to cover a higher paddy procurement target. He said the state government had instead lowered the targets for Abohar grain market and Fazilka district as a whole compared with last year’s figures. He described this as evidence of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s anti-farmer approach.

Jakhar said Abohar grain market received 79,963 metric tonnes of paddy last year, while the state government set this year’s procurement target at 67,200 metric tonnes. Across Fazilka district, 226,207 metric tonnes were procured last year, while this year’s target was set at 176,960 metric tonnes, even as the area under paddy cultivation in the district continued to expand. He called for an inquiry to determine who ordered the reduction.

Jakhar said the government’s failure to assess the district’s crop in time, coupled with its decision to set a lower procurement target, reflected poor planning and policies that hurt farmers.

Referring to the central government, Jakhar said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government had released a cash credit limit of more than ₹42,000 crore on September 28, in line with Punjab’s request to procure 180 lakh tonnes of paddy.

He said farmers had been waiting in grain markets for several days, yet Punjab’s food and supplies minister, agriculture minister and chief minister had all failed to raise the matter with the central government. He accused the Mann government of disregarding farmers’ interests and deliberately causing them hardship. Jakhar said that when farmers held a protest in Chandigarh, Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian had personally given them a written assurance that decisions in their interest would be implemented. He said the government’s lack of planning had nevertheless left farmers waiting in grain markets to sell their paddy.

Jakhar also alleged that farmers had faced widespread deductions during earlier paddy purchases and had been shortchanged in the process. He called for an investigation into whether the money from those deductions had reached the accounts of officials or political leaders.

Jakhar said the central government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi had consistently supported farmers’ interests. He said it had released the cash credit limit on time and increased the subsidy on potash and phosphate fertilizers by 64% for the rabi season. He added that the central government was buying diammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizer at ₹100 per kilogram and supplying it to farmers at ₹27 per kilogram.

Jakhar said he stood firmly with farmers on the issue and that the central government would extend all possible help once Punjab submitted a written request. He urged the Mann government to buy the crop using state funds while it sought an increase in the procurement quota from the central government. He said the state could adjust the expenditure once it received the central funds.

Abohar MLA Sandeep Jakhar was also present.

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By Withholding Original Files From CBI and ED, AAP Govt Has Confessed to Corruption: Vijay Sampla

Vijay Sampla demands immediate handover of original records and strict action against officials obstructing court-monitored investigation

Jalandhar, November 14, 2026:The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Punjab former president Vijay Sampla today stated that by deliberately withholding original records from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party government has itself confessed to deep-rooted corruption inside the Chief Minister’s Office.

Reacting to the CBI’s counter-affidavit filed before the Supreme Court—which exposes how the Punjab Chief Secretary is stonewalling the investigation involving Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Rajbir Singh Ghuman—the Punjab BJP said the AAP regime’s "Kattar Imaandar" facade has been shredded before the highest court of the land.

"If the Mann government and its CMO officials have nothing to hide, why are they terrified of handing over original files?" Sampla questioned. "First, Punjab Police sat on seven ED communications regarding middlemen trading transfers, postings, and tenders. Now, defying explicit directions from both the Supreme Court and the Punjab & Haryana High Court to cooperate 'in letter and spirit', the Chief Secretary is supplying incomplete photocopies under the lame excuse of 'administrative inconvenience' and appointing unconnected nodal officers to sabotage the probe."

The BJP noted that from WhatsApp chats to draft transfer lists recovered from intermediaries linked to the CMO, the nexus of corruption stands exposed.

Calling the obstruction a blatant contempt of court orders, the Punjab BJP demanded that the state government immediately surrender all original documents to the CBI and stop misusing state machinery to shield corrupt insiders.