Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday (May 8, 2026) launched a scathing attack on the Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab, saying the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has made the situation in the State "even worse" than what it was in West Bengal under Mamata Banerjee.
He was also unsparing in his attack on the Congress on many issues and asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to apologise to the country for labelling the BJP government in Haryana as 'ghuspethiya' (infiltrator) after levelling ‘vote chori’ allegations.
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Targeting the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief, he said, "What is Mamata Banerjee saying that she will not step down, if that chair is so dear to her she can take it home. But people have given the mandate to the BJP and she should respect that mandate, respect democracy. But she is not doing that".
"When they [TMC] were in power they did not see what they were doing. How people were killed and even FIRs were not registered in West Bengal, such was the situation. How happy people there are now that the TMC rule has ended," Mr. Saini said at a news conference where he disbursed financial benefits under various schemes to the beneficiaries.
