Bajwa slams Badal govt for diversionary tactics on drug smuggling

Chandigarh : The Punjab Congress President, Mr. Partap Singh Bajwa, today attacked the Parkash Singh Badal government for resorting to despicable diversionary tactics to unfairly involve the name of the Congress MLA from Gidderbaha, Mr. Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, in the drug smuggling racket to shift the focus away during the debate in Assembly from the ruling party politicians including the Revenue Minister whose names have surfaced in the drug mafia operations. He made it clear that he would go upto the Supreme Court to get the CBI investigation ordered in this mega drug smuggling racket involving ruling party politicians. He said the Congress MLA himself had offered to be investigated by the CBI as his party had no faith in the Punjab police which had been functioning as a tool in the hands of the Badal family. In a statement, Mr. Bajwa said the design was apparent from the timing of disclosure by the Mansa SSP, Mr Bhupinder Singh Khatra, a favourite of the Badal family who was transferred during the elections on the orders of the Election Commission. This police officials was tainted going by his record and he had been playing into the hands of the Badals. He said the SSP had lost no time in linking the name of Mr Raja Warring on the basis of disclosure made by one Gurlal Singh from whom the police had recovered narcotics while the police department has never cared to question the various ministers whose names have come up during investigations. The SSP had now himself admitted that no link had been established between the two so far as the drug smuggling was concerned. He reminded Mr Badal that in the run up to the election campaign the BJP had inserted ads in the newspapers in the name of Mr Narendra Modi admitting enormity of the menace while expressing the resolve to take strong steps.

Congress dharnas in Punjab on July 23: Bajwa

The Punjab Congress President, Mr. Partap Singh Bajwa, today said the party would stage dharnas at the district headquarters tomorrow on July 23 to focus attention of the government on the burning issues concerning the people. He said the decision to this effect had been announced by the AICC General Secretary, Dr Shakeel Ahmed, after a meeting of the PPCC here on July 15. The Congressmen would submit memorandum to the respective deputy commissioners. The main issues include power shortage, increasing corruption and to press the demand for CBI probe into drug smuggling.

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