Chandigarh, Feb. 23 -- Senior Congress leader and Bholath MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, accusing Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of introducing "bulldozer politics" in Punjab. The firebrand leader alleged that the state administration, acting under the directions of the AAP leadership, is using heavy machinery and police force to suppress democratic dissent and silence critics of the government.
The provocation for Khaira's outburst was the partial demolition of his ancestral residence in his native village. Khaira claimed that the property has been in his family's possession for over 200 years and that the demolition carried out by the district administration was entire...