Twin Blasts Rock Panjab; CM Mann Blames BJP

May

2026

Two separate blasts in Panjab within hours of each other triggered panic and set off a political slugfest on 6 May. In Jalandhar, the blast took place in a scooter parked outside the Border Security Force Panjab Frontier headquarters at 8 pm whereas in Amritsar, it took place near the Khasa cantonment at 10:50 pm. No casualties were reported. Jalandhar Police Commissioner Dhanpreet Kaur said it was too early to draw conclusions but the scooter rider has been identified as 22-year-old delivery agent Gurpreet Singh. Reacting to the blasts, Panjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He said, 'This is BJP’s way of working in any state where they want to contest elections. They first create riots, carry out small blasts, and divide people on the basis of religion and caste. This is BJP’s election preparation...I want to tell BJP that Panjab has seen many dark days and now Panjabis will not tolerate this.' Aam Aadmi Party Member of Parliament Sanjay Singh also said that BJP wants to disturb peace and divide the people of Panjab 'by carrying out bomb blasts', claiming that it is part of the saffron party’s Mission Panjab electoral strategy ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections. BJP's national general secretary Tarun Chugh objected to the controversial remarks made by CM Mann and asked, 'Where is the evidence? Panjab is struggling with drugs, bomb blasts, gangster networks, and economic crisis, but the Mann government is making false allegations against the BJP. Panjab needs responsible governance, not political drama.’ Chugh has served a defamation notice to CM Mann. The Panjab Indian National Congress condemned the recent blasts warning that such occurrences pose a serious threat to the state’s hard-earned peace. Meanwhile, Director General of Police, Panjab, Gaurav Yadav confirmed that Improvised Explosive Devices were used in both the blasts. He warned of attempts to create a false narrative that Panjab is disturbed, alleging that a handful of elements were acting at the behest of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence. The Khalistan Liberation Army has taken responsibility for the Jalandhar blast. A blast had also taken place on the railway track near Rajpura on 28 Apr taking the blast count to three in eight days (earlier coverage).