Overview

• Jakhar accused the AAP government of conspiring with real estate firms to illegally seize 25,000 acres of prime agricultural land in Ludhiana by deceiving farmers.
• He criticized Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for claiming to hold evidence against corrupt leaders without initiating action against a single official.
• The BJP leader demanded a Punjab and Haryana High Court-monitored investigation by agencies including Vigilance, Income Tax and the Enforcement Directorate.
• The Ludhiana West seat fell vacant after the January death of AAP MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi and will be contested on June 19 with counting scheduled for June 23.
• Major contenders include BJP’s Jiwan Gupta, AAP’s Sanjeev Arora, Congress’s Bharat Bhushan Ashu and SAD’s Parupkar Singh Ghuman.