India, July 18 -- Mixing development with politics, the PM hit at State Government pitching the BJP as the alternative

Wearing a green turban in a symbolic outreach to Punjab's farming community, Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned his Jalandhar visit into a high-voltage mix of development and politics on Friday. Unveiling and inaugurating projects worth Rs 5,470 crore, PM Modi launched a blistering attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab Government, accusing it of corruption, mounting debt, poor governance, deteriorating law and order, and betraying farmers, women and youth.

With the Punjab Assembly elections just months away, PM Modi also targeted Congress over its leadership tussle and the Shiromani Akali Dal for being trapped...