Chandigarh, May 14, 2026(Yes Punjab News)
Expressing serious concern over the autonomy and neutrality of the Election Commission of India (ECI), senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and Punjab Ministers Aman Arora and Harpal Singh Cheema on Thursday said that constitutional institutions in the country are rapidly losing their impartial character under BJP rule and are increasingly being misused to influence electoral outcomes in favour of the ruling party at the Centre.
During a media interaction, AAP Punjab State President Aman Arora said that the functioning of the Election Commission has raised serious questions across the country, citing examples from recent elections. “We saw it in the Delhi Assembly elections, where thousands of BJP-favoured votes were manufactured and AAP’s genuine votes were cut,” stated Aman Arora.
Referring to developments in West Bengal, Aman Arora said, “The whole world witnessed how first 91 lakh voters were deleted from the rolls and later 60 lakh were wrongly declared dead. Even after the elections, according to the TMC, there were 31 constituencies where the BJP’s victory margin was less than the number of votes deleted.”
Aman Arora asserted that any electoral exercise conducted with a prejudiced mindset and wrong intent loses its democratic meaning. “No difficulty or hurdle can stop us from working for Punjab. But the process must be clean, transparent and impartial,” he stated.
Highlighting the work of the Punjab Government led by CM Bhagwant Singh Mann, the AAP Punjab State President said the government has earned the trust and affection of the people through honest governance and pro-people policies. “We have no difficulties with SIR. We have been working for the welfare of the people and the people of Punjab have given their hearts to the Mann government. But elections must be held in a clean, honest and transparent manner. The loot of people’s votes must not happen, not through SIR or in the name of any authority,” added Aman Arora.
Reiterating AAP’s demand for a level-playing field and complete transparency in SIR and all future elections, Aman Arora said democracy cannot survive if the poll panel continues to function in a partisan manner.
Meanwhile, senior AAP leader and Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema stated that the BJP is using the Election Commission as a political weapon in states where it cannot secure victory democratically on its own strength. He said the BJP first pushes for exercises like SIR under the pretext of voter list purification and later uses them to delete voters on a large scale for electoral benefit.
Harpal Singh Cheema said the people of Punjab would unitedly expose the BJP’s anti-Punjab mindset and resist every attempt to weaken the state politically and constitutionally. “The BJP wants to capture power in Punjab by manipulating voter lists and simultaneously weaken Punjab’s rights and institutions,” stated Harpal Singh Cheema.
“The BJP wants to use the Election Commission and SIR exercises to delete voters and grab power in Punjab. Their larger agenda is to snatch Punjab’s river waters, take control of BBMB, weaken Punjab’s federal rights, and even take away Chandigarh and Panjab University from Punjabis,” asserted Harpal Singh Cheema.
He further said that three crore Punjabis would stand united against BJP’s conspiracies and teach the party a historic lesson. “The people of Punjab will completely reject BJP’s anti-Punjab politics. This time, Punjabis will ensure that BJP is politically wiped out from the state,” added Harpal Singh Cheema.
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