Targeted killings taking place in Punjab to destroy communal harmony: BJP

CHANDIGARH: Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar said on Tuesday that targeted killings are taking place with the clear intent to destroy the state’s communal harmony, while the Aam Aadmi Party government has completely failed to discharge its responsibility.

He was in Ferozepur town to offer condolences to the family of Naveen Arora, a son of RSS leader Baldev Raj Arora, who was shot dead.

Speaking to the media, Jakhar said the gangsters are continuously targeting people to shatter the communal fabric. He described the killing of the son of an RSS leader in broad daylight as an attack on Punjabiat and said no Punjabi will tolerate this.

He pointed out that earlier murders of RSS leader Jagdish Gagneja, Vikas Bagga and now Arora have all been carried out in a similar pattern, which indicated a larger conspiracy aimed at spoiling the communal harmony.

Jakhar said at a time when “we are celebrating the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, who sacrificed his life for religious neutrality and the protection of all faiths, such targeted killings are a blot on the forehead of Punjab and Punjabi culture”.

“Yet the government has failed in its duty, and till now no official reaction has come from the government in this regard.”