Fatehgarh, May 9 -- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleging that the party "doesn't love Punjab, it hates Punjab," while accusing it of fomenting unrest in different parts of the country.

Addressing a press conference, Mann said, "BJP doesn't love Punjab. It hates Punjab... The BJP's working style is to first incite riots and fights wherever they go... Bengal is already on fire... But this polarisation won't succeed in Punjab. Sometimes they send the ED, CBI, or IT... But Punjabis cannot be threatened. That is what they did to Ashok Mittal. They sent ED, which conducted raids for two days. Then he joined the BJP, which shielded him. What happened to the ED case...