Chandigarh, Oct. 27 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday assailed former Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar over his remarks on the drug menace in Punjab, challenging him to first answer for the Congress government's record under Captain Amarinder Singh before lecturing Punjabis.

Responding to Jakhar's claims, AAP Punjab media in-charge Baltej Pannu questioned Jakhar's record during his tenure as the Congress' Punjab unit president and his alleged silence over the Neha Shori murder case and the Rajjit Singh controversy at the time. "Jakhar can speak for 45 minutes at a time, but Punjab wants answers, not lectures. When he was the Congress president and Captain Amarinder Singh was chief minister, where were his press conferences on the issue...