Dubbing their remarks as ‘political puffery’ with no substance or basis to support their criticism, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday hit out at BJP leaders Nirmala Sitharaman and Prakash Javadekar for their comments over the Hoshiarpur rape-murder case. Defending Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, Captain said pointed out that in the Hathras case, the Uttar Pradesh government and police “did not only fail” to initiate stern action but in fact was seemingly “trying to cover up” the matter to benefit the upper-caste accused. This, he said, was in sharp contrast to the prompt action taken by the Punjab Police, who immediately arrested the accused and is now preparing to file the challan within a week. The BJP attacked the Congress on Saturday over alleged rape and killing of a six-year-old girl in Hoshiarpur, as it asked Gandhi duo why had they not paid a visit to the family of the victim yet. The CM, in a statement, said he himself had directed the director general of police to ensure that the case is fast-tracked by the courts to ensure strict and exemplary action for the accused.