DW BUREAU / Mohali Taking serious note of AAP's CM face Bhagwant Mann statement on Punjab education infrastructure, former Punjab Health Minister and Congress Mohali candidate Balbir Sidhu has asked Mann to verify his facts first before commenting anything. While blaming AAP and its leadership to lead malicious and factless poll propaganda in this Punjab Poll. Balbir Sidhu said here on Sunday that the tactics of AAP to spread baseless propaganda against Congress would bite the dust in the upcoming poll. During the last election, AAP had lost badly while claiming to get 100 seats in Punjab, Sidhu asserted. "In this election the AAP party would face worse defeat than 2017 due to its hollow promises and claims," While reminding Mann the results of a national performance grading index of school education for 2019-20 released by the Centre a few months back, Sidhu said that Punjab state has topped the country in this index. "The state while moving ahead from 13th position in 2018-19, bagged numero uno position among all the states and union territories with a score of 929 out of 1,000," Punjab top ranking was the outcome of the sustained and focused efforts of the Congress led state government, Sidhu remarked. Ironically Delhi stood at number six in these rankings, which is ruled by AAP, Sidhu pointed out. Instead of making fake claims, AAP leaders should do some self-introspection first before making any statement about Punjab, he suggested. "AAP leadership should accept the fact that Punjab under the rule of Congress government have grown by leaps and bounds in general and in education particular," Meanwhile while questioning BJP Mohali candidate claims over improving education infrastructure in Mohali, Balbir Sidhu said that it was his own party government in center which released a performance grading index that put Punjab at no 1. As far as Mohali is concerned it's on the verge of becoming the next education hub, Sidhu maintained. (editor@dailyworld.in)