Modi govt’s move to extend BSF jurisdiction will ‘annihilate’ Punjab’s economic prosperity: Minister

Lashing out at the Narendra Modi government for step-motherly treatment with the agrarian state, Singh said as compared to Punjab, BSF jurisdiction has been cut short by 20 km in five northeastern states of Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya where it has had jurisdiction of 80 km.