Punjab police’ hot chase to nab pro-Khalistan preacher Amritpal Singh shows cracks in AAP governance. Clearly,it’s a blunder with authorities turning a blind eye to warning signals—since February 23, when Singh stormed a police station in Ajnala.

Invoking NSA against him, after his escape on March 18, when a belated go-ahead was given to arrest him, is waking up too late. In the backdrop that the stringent act is merrily invoked by governments against journalists and human rights’ activists at the drop of a hat.

While the Punjab & Haryana High Court has rapped the State police over “intelligence failure” after a petition was filed for his ‘release’ from alleged police custody, there’s also an unfortunate disconnect in New Delhi. Union Home Ministry perhaps should have prodded the State more, as the Ajnala incident showed undercurrents of Punjab during 80s and 1990s? Instead of working in tandem, the AAP and BJP leadership then traded charges.

Now an alert has been sent to all States as chief of ‘Waris Panjab De’gives the slip from a high-end Mercedes to switching cars to a mobike and changing his appearance. Will the hunt be successful?