Chandigarh, Oct. 6 -- Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party was using central investigative agencies to target the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab, calling the latest CBI searches "politically motivated".

Speaking on the CBI action, Cheema alleged that the BJP was attempting to weaken the AAP's campaign over voting rights and electoral issues.

"The Bharatiya Janata Party is currently stealing the right to vote, a right granted under the Constitution by Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar across the country. The Aam Aadmi Party is waging a major movement against this, and the BJP is hatching conspiracies to break that movement," Cheema said.

He further claimed that the AAP governme...