Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab’s Chief Spokesperson and MLA Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal launched a sharp attack on Leader of Opposition Pratap Singh Bajwa over his statement where he referred to the land of Sangrur as one that produces ‘termites’. Dhaliwal termed this remark as a reflection of Bajwa’s low mentality and his ignorance of Punjab’s glorious history.

Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Dhaliwal said that Pratap Singh Bajwa should have studied the history of Sangrur before making such a statement. The land that gave birth to great patriots like Shaheed Udham Singh and Sewa Singh Thikriwala, and many important movements, calling it ‘termite-infested’ is extremely shameful. He added that Sangrur is a district that has always led revolutionary movements, whether it was the freedom struggle or the recent farmers’ movement.

Dhaliwal questioned whether the Congress leader Sant Ram Singla, on whose death anniversary Bajwa was speaking, was also a ‘termite’? He further said that how did the conscience of former minister Vijay Inder Singla, who was present there, not stop Bajwa from making such remarks about Sangrur? According to Bajwa, were former Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and her freedom fighter father Hira Singh Bhattal also ‘termite’? Bajwa should immediately apologize to the people of Punjab and the residents of Sangrur.

Launching a counterattack on Congress, Dhaliwal said that in reality, Congress itself is the ‘termite’ that has looted the country and Punjab for 75 years. He said, “Mr. Bajwa, you belong to the party that imposed Emergency in Punjab, carried out Operation Blue Star, orchestrated the massacre of Sikhs, and got thousands of youth killed in fake police encounters. From the coal scam to corruption by ministers like Sadhu Singh Dharamsot and Ashu during the Captain government, your party has only destroyed Punjab.”

Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that the Aam Aadmi Party is not an ordinary party but a movement that rose from the same revolutionary soil of Sangrur, which has shaken the very foundations of major political strongholds like Captain Amarinder Singh, the Badal family, and Bhattal. He warned that the wave that started from Sangrur will reach Bajwa’s stronghold Qadian in 2027 and completely wipe out Congress. “Last time we won 92 seats, next time we will cross 100, because the people of Punjab will no longer tolerate Congress’s politics of loot and oppression.”