This is 'mohabbat ki dukan' of AAP, Congress: Hardeep Singh Puri on Punjab MLA Khaira's arrest
New Delhi (PTI): Taking a swipe at the Congress and the AAP over the arrest of Punjab MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Union minister and BJP leader Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said it was their "mohabbat ki dukan" and showed the opposition coalition INDIA was falling apart in Punjab and Delhi.
Congress MLA Khaira was arrested by the Punjab Police Thursday morning in a drug trafficking case of 2015. Following his arrest, the Congress lashed out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is in power in Punjab and Delhi.
Both the Congress and the AAP are part of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA).
Asked about the Congress leader's arrest on the sidelines of an event, Puri said, "This is 'mohabbat ki dukan' of the AAP and the Congress. I don't want to interfere in this, but I want to tell you...this is the INDI Alliance falling apart in Punjab and Delhi."
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi often uses the phrase -- "opening a shop of love (mohabbat ki dukan) in the market of hate" -- to criticise the BJP.
Earlier in the day, AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said his party was committed to the opposition INDIA bloc and would not break away from it.
"The AAP is committed towards the INDIA alliance. We will not break away from the alliance. We are committed to fulfilling the alliance dharma," he said here.
On the arrest of Khaira, Kejriwal told a press conference, "I have heard about it but I don't have details. You will have to talk to the Punjab Police."
The Punjab unit of the Congress has already opposed any alliance with the AAP in the state for the 2024 parliamentary elections.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
