‘Mission Punjab’ Is BJP’s Plot To Trigger Blasts, Divide People: Sanjay Singh

The article reports allegations by the Aam Aadmi Party that the BJP is using bomb blasts in Amritsar and Jalandhar to influence Punjab’s electoral outcome. It cites claims of ISI connections, timing as political strategy, and calls for accountability and peace amidst regional tensions.

The Aam Aadmi Party accused the BJP of using the recent bomb blasts in Amritsar and Jalandhar as part of an election plan for Punjab. AAP MP Sanjay Singh alleged that these attacks are linked to BJP's "Mission Punjab" and are aimed at disturbing peace, fuelling hatred, and dividing communities.

Sanjay Singh claimed that, after what AAP describes as BJP’s conduct in the West Bengal elections, the party has shifted its attention to Punjab. According to Sanjay Singh, BJP wants to expand its political influence in the state by using incidents of violence and fear to polarise voters ahead of elections.

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The AAP leader linked the current situation in Punjab to earlier incidents in the state and elsewhere. Sanjay Singh recalled a blast in Maur before the 2017 Punjab elections, when the Akali Dal-BJP alliance governed the state. Sanjay Singh noted that, even now, there is no clear official explanation about that attack.

Addressing a press conference at the AAP headquarters, Sanjay Singh said, "Bomb blasts took place at two locations in Punjab on Wednesday, after which BJP leaders started making frantic statements." Sanjay Singh argued that the timing of the comments indicates a political strategy built around fear and security concerns in Punjab.

Sanjay Singh stated that BJP leaders had themselves declared that Punjab would be their next political target after the West Bengal polls. He said BJP's "Mission Punjab" involves more than campaigning and alleged that it includes using bomb blasts, provoking unrest, spreading hatred, and inciting confrontation among people in the state.

According to Sanjay Singh, AAP believes these blasts are not isolated. Sanjay Singh said the incidents in Amritsar and Jalandhar represent the start of BJP's electoral politics in Punjab. He warned that residents would strongly oppose any attempt to disturb peace and could even ensure the forfeiture of BJP’s election deposits.

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Sanjay Singh levelled serious allegations about links between the BJP and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence. The senior AAP leader said BJP shares "deep ties" with the ISI and uses these alleged links to plan bomb blasts and disturb peace across India. Sanjay Singh insisted that such politics of hatred would fail in Punjab.

Sanjay Singh criticised BJP leaders for rejecting any association with the ISI, while, according to AAP, past events raise serious questions. Referring to the Pulwama attack, Sanjay Singh asked how 350 kilograms of RDX managed to enter Indian territory. Sanjay Singh said that, even now, the government has not provided that answer.

He also referred to the Pahalgam episode and highlighted the suffering of families affected by violence. Sanjay Singh said, "The sindoor of Indian women was wiped away and even Operation Sindoor took place afterward, yet no answers have emerged regarding who ordered the withdrawal of security from the area."

Sanjay Singh stressed that law and order in Jammu and Kashmir has remained under the BJP-led government’s control. Despite that, he said, security was withdrawn and terrorists managed to launch attacks and then escape. Sanjay Singh repeated that the country still lacks answers on both the RDX entry and the security withdrawal at Pahalgam.

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The AAP Rajya Sabha MP said there are still unanswered questions about the Pathankot terror strike in Punjab, where Indian soldiers lost their lives. Sanjay Singh stated, "BJP invited the same organisation with which it shares a close relationship to investigate the attack," referring to the ISI being allowed into India during PM Narendra Modi's tenure.

Sanjay Singh described ISI as responsible for terror activities across India and again alleged that BJP has deep ties with the agency. Sanjay Singh claimed that these links are used to disturb peace, engineer blasts, and create unrest. AAP, he said, would keep highlighting what it calls a collusive relationship between BJP and ISI.

He said AAP intends to inform people in Punjab and across India about the alleged role of the Pakistani agency in promoting violent terrorism. According to Sanjay Singh, the incidents in Pahalgam, Pulwama, Pathankot, and now in Amritsar and Jalandhar form a chain of events for which the country still seeks complete answers.

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Sanjay Singh also widened his criticism to other states, saying BJP wants the national atmosphere to stay tense. He said Manipur "continues to burn" and noted that for three years neither the Prime Minister, the Home Minister, nor BJP leaders have shown meaningful concern about the violence and instability there.

Turning to West Bengal, Sanjay Singh said that the situation after the elections exposes the type of change BJP seeks. Sanjay Singh pointed out that, on Wednesday, the personal assistant of BJP’s chief ministerial face Suvendu Adhikari was murdered. Before that, he said, attacks targeted Trinamool Congress workers, their offices, and properties.

The senior AAP leader stated, "The developments in Bengal show the kind of change BJP has brought." Sanjay Singh contrasted this with speeches by Prime Minister Modi. According to Sanjay Singh, while PM Modi speaks about choosing the politics of change over revenge, events on the ground indicate a different reality that BJP now wants to repeat in Punjab.

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Sanjay Singh urged people in Punjab and across India to stay alert about any party that, in AAP’s view, spreads hatred and allegedly plans violence and blasts. Sanjay Singh said, "In Jammu and Kashmir, a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative linked to the BJP had once been arrested and was directly connected to the terror organisation."

He added that in Madhya Pradesh some BJP workers with alleged ISI links had been arrested. These instances, Sanjay Singh argued, undercut BJP's anger when questioned about ISI connections. "The BJP should not appear so restless over being linked to the ISI because it has deep ties with the agency," Sanjay Singh said.

Sanjay Singh concluded that BJP "should avoid displaying such anxiety because the entire country is beginning to understand its 'tricks and manipulations'." He maintained that despite denials, the BJP government cannot avoid accountability over bomb blasts, security lapses, and violence, and that people in Punjab will resist any attempt to disturb peace.