The ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab Thursday accused the BJP of indulging in character assassination of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann by allegedly circulating a fake video on social media targeting him even as the Opposition party questioned the “government’s claims of honesty and morality”. CM Mann, who was in Morinda, too broke his silence on the alleged clip and slammed the BJP, saying, “except a fake (video), what else do they have?”
On Tuesday, the Punjab Police registered a case against Canada-based Jagman Samra for allegedly posting “vulgar” content on social media that could “incite hatred and enmity.” Subsequently, a Mohali court Wednesday issued directions to Facebook and Google to take down the video within 24 hours and warned that failure to comply with the order would inv