The party had an emergent meeting of state office bearers here on Monday presided over by state chief Rajinder Bhandari.
CHANDIGARH: The BJP on Monday warned of "hard decisions" in Punjab in case the party's alliance government with SAD failed to maintain law and order and safeguard the life and property of the citizens in the wake of the stand-off between Dera Sacha Sauda and Sikhs.
The party had an emergent meeting of state office bearers here on Monday presided over by state chief Rajinder Bhandari.
"If anything goes wrong in any part of the state, the government headed by Parkash Singh Badal shall be solely responsible and answerable. BJP will not hesitate in taking hard decisions in the larger interests of the people of Punjab," a release said.
Bhandari, however, declined to divulge the hard decisions. "These will be unfolded when time comes," he said.
The Congress, on the other hand, charged the Badal government with failing to fulfil its fundamental duty.
"Despite offer of full cooperation to the state government for restoration of peace and tranquility, the administration is running away from its fundamental duty of safeguarding life and property of citizens," state Congress chief Shamsher Singh Dullo said.
He described the showing of naked swords in Harmandir Sahib at Amritsar and other cities as "unfortunate".
Expressed concern over the "continuing and escalating unfortunate incidents of violence", the state CPI-M said these are "providing fertile ground" for anti-people and anti-national forces.
It also blamed both the Akali-BJP combine as well as the Congress of fighting a proxy war and in turn threatening the state's harmony.
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