Personal Attacks In Punjab Amid Bid To Show Who's Sober Enough To Run State

The Opposition parties in the centre who are fighting the BJP on several fronts are busy pulling the rug from under each other in the pind.

This is visible in the way top leaders of the Congress party and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have been fighting.

From citing issues critical to the public such as ending the drug menace in the border state, the battles have become personal.Recent comments made by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of the AAP clearly showed missiles loaded with personal attacks being launched from both sides.Yesterday, at the Congress's 'Insaaf Rally' in Mann's territory of Sangrur, Gandhi made a direct reference to Mann's controversial past in what seemed like a strong attack that Gandhi had been powering up for by taking potshots of increasing intensity in recent times.In a post on X, Gandhi said "a dangerous pattern is visible in Punjab's AAP government - if you question government failure, the answer will be threats and torture," and demanded the filing of a police case against state Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema following the…