Abohar (Fazilka district): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday used the Mawan-Dheeyan Satkar Yadav function in Abohar to attack the opposition parties, alleging that the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Congress and the BJP are "hand in glove", have "nothing constructive to offer the people of Punjab" and "only spread hatred" in the state. He further claimed that the people of Punjab have already decided to give the Aam Aadmi Party another opportunity in the 2027 assembly election. These are Mann's allegations and his assertion; the reports read carried no response from the SAD, the Congress or the BJP.
"These parties are hand in glove and have nothing constructive to offer the people of Punjab," Mann said at the gathering, according to the reports. "They only spread hatred in the state." He claimed the opposition's only aim is to "grab power by hook or by crook", and said their real concern is not Punjab but "huge palaces, hotels and commercial properties" — again, his characterisation of the rival parties, not a verified finding.
On the venue and the scheme: the speech was delivered at the same Abohar function at which Mann released an instalment under the Mawan-Dheeyan Satkar Yadav scheme — the women's scheme under which a substantial instalment was given to more than 37.43 lakh women, as reported separately today. At the function, Mann added that the opposition had no female leader to show on any stage, and that many mothers and sisters of Punjab will progress in coming days. Mann has said, on an earlier occasion (October 29), that over 80 lakh women have registered under the scheme.
On 2027: the Chief Minister claimed that the people of Punjab have "already made up their minds" to give AAP another opportunity to serve the state in 2027, and that the people have "full faith" in his government's policies, "especially its welfare policies for women". This is Mann's own assessment of the coming election, stated at a government function — not the result of any survey cited in the reports.
"The people of Punjab have already made up their minds to give the Aam Aadmi Party another opportunity to serve the state in 2027." The Chief Minister's assertion at a government function; no survey was cited in the reports read.
Context: the Abohar instalment story itself is already reported separately on this site. The opposition has, on other occasions, contested AAP's claims about its schemes and its fiscal handling, but no specific opposition reaction to these particular remarks was included in the reports of this speech read for this story. What the SAD, Congress and BJP say in response will be the next development to watch.
This story reports the Chief Minister's political attack and election claim distinctly from the scheme-instalment release held at the same venue, which is covered in its own story.