AAP becoming No. 1 in atrocities against women: PM Modi in Punjab

Prime Minister Narendra Modi ostensibly hinted at the Swati Maliwal case at his public meeting in Hoshiarpur on Thursday when he charged AAP with "fast becoming the number one party in atrocities against women" along with being a liar and corrupt. He described Congress as a party having a "double PhD" in corruption and said the two parties have turned Punjab into a state where drug peddling is rampant.

Addressing his last BJP rally in the 2024 general elections, the prime minister appealed to voters to shun Congress and AAP due to their background of misrule. "These days we are hearing a chorus of 'Constitution, Constitution' from the INDI Alliance. They (Congress) had strangled democracy during the Emergency. They did not think of the Constitution when burning tyres were put around the neck of Sikhs in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots," he said.

"Now, another highly corrupt party (AAP) has joined hands with Congress. This party is also engaged in spreading falsehoods," the prime minister alleged. "These extremely corrupt people who are also big liars have now pushed Punjab into gang wars."