In a scathing attack on Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over the alleged sacrilege video, BJP national president Nitin Nabin said on Sunday that the “people of Punjab will not tolerate the disrespect of their Gurus” and that the “time has come to punish him for the act”.With the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections drawing closer, Mann has been embroiled in a major controversy over an alleged sacrilege video purportedly showing him sprinkling liquor on images of Sikh Gurus. The Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, has declared the video “authentic” on the basis of forensic reports and described Mann as “Guru dokhi” (anti-Guru) and “panth virodhi” (anti-panth). Mann, however, has maintained that the person in the video was not him but an actor used to defame him.Nabin, who is on a three-day visit to Punjab, addressed a karyakarta sammelan in Ludhiana on Sunday. Attacking Mann, he said from the stage: “It would be better if I do not comment on the working style of Punjab’s Chief Minister. It feels disheartening to see that a man who represents and leads Punjab disrespects Gurus in this manner. But the people of Punjab will not tolerate this. It is now time to punish him for the act. People of Punjab have always held respect for their Gurus above all else. Politics is secondary for them. People will stand against this disrespect. Punjab is proud of its history and its Gurus and will always place them above anyone else.”Nabin also blamed the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab for allegedly misusing Rs 1.87 lakh crore provided by the Centre for the state’s development.