Chandigarh, Aug. 19 -- A day after former Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) in connection with alleged irregularities in the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) tendering process, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday indicated that "BJP's way of working is to arrest prominent leaders during the elections."

He also claimed that the BJP was "rattled" and had been "unable to gain a foothold" in Punjab ahead of the assembly elections in 2027.

He has been arrested in an ACB FIR registered on 11.05.2024 under Sections 7, 7A, 9, 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) read with Sections 42, 409, 418, 120-B of the IPC.

"This is how the BJP operates. They are rattled; they hav...