Politics · India · 4 hrs ago
Punjab Congress demands CM’s resignation after anti-drug campaigner is killed
Anti-drug campaigner Parvinder Singh Jhota was killed in Mansa, Punjab.
At a Punjab Assembly session, lawmakers paid tribute to Jhota, who had spoken out against drug use and trafficking.
Congress lawmakers burned Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s effigy and demanded his resignation, blaming him for the state’s law-and-order problems.
Mann also holds the Home portfolio, which oversees state policing.
Punjab BJP chief Kewal Singh Dhillon accused the government of avoiding accountability and said the short session did not address the state’s problems.
The criticism comes amid wider concerns about drugs, gang activity and extortion in Punjab.
The opposition is demanding answers from the state government, while Dhillon said the BJP would form the government in Punjab in 2027.
Punjab Congress legislators burned an effigy of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and demanded his resignation after anti-drug campaigner Parvinder Singh Jhota was shot dead.
Opposition leader Partap Singh Bajwa accused Mann, who also holds the Home portfolio, of failing to maintain law and order.
The protest took place outside the Punjab Assembly complex before its session on October 23, 2026.
The Assembly paid tribute to Jhota during obituary references.
Punjab BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon also criticized the state government over accountability and law-and-order concerns.
- Who
- Punjab Congress MLAs, led by opposition leader Partap Singh Bajwa, demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
- What
- They burned an effigy of Mann after anti-drug campaigner Parvinder Singh Jhota was shot dead.
- When
- October 23, 2026.
- Where
- Outside the Punjab Assembly complex in Punjab. Jhota was shot in Mansa.
- Why
- Congress said the killing showed the government had failed to maintain law and order.
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Congress MLAs led by Partap Singh Bajwa burned an effigy of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann outside the Assembly complex and demanded his resignation.
The Punjab Assembly paid tribute to anti-drug campaigner Parvinder Singh Jhota during obituary references.
- Campaigner
- Parvinder Singh Jhota
- Shooting location
- Mansa, Punjab
- Protest location
- Outside the Punjab Assembly complex
- Protest leader
- Partap Singh Bajwa
- Date of Assembly session
- October 23, 2026
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What people are saying
It is the voice of the entire Punjab that law and order has completely ended in Punjab. No person’s life is safe in this State, no one’s business is safe, no one’s work is safe, no one’s family is safe. So, we are asking for Bhagwant Mann’s resignation.
This was evident from the fact that the Punjab Assembly session today lasted only a few minutes, during which neither Punjab’s concerns were discussed nor were any deliberations held on the issues facing the State,
The government will have to answer on issues surrounding the drug menace, gangsterism, extortion and the deteriorating law-and-order situation.