SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday alleged that the Congress government was repeatedly changing the chiefs of the Bureau of Investigation (BoI) and now asking the caretaker DGP to force the new office bearers to implicate top SAD leaders in false cases. has also changed.
“Lies are lies. This is the reason why top police officers are refusing to comply with the directions of the Congress government to register false cases against top Akali workers. The government first changed ADGP Arpit Shukla and then ADGP Varinder Kumar to BOI. Made two changes in the top leadership. Now the third in-charge of the BOI – ADGP SK Asthana – has exposed the government by writing to the DGP and has sought directions as to how he can register any illegal case on the instructions of the government,” SAD president told the media persons.
Stating that the senior most officers were not ready to be the party of political vendetta, Sukhbir requested all the officers to take care not to indulge in retaliation. “The law is the same for all and those who break it, be it a common man or in uniform, will be punished once the new SAD-BSP coalition government is formed,” he said, adding that the same fate would befall the bureaucrats. who were to act as political agents of the Congress.
On the dismissal of the Punjab government’s special leave petition challenging the High Court order granting relief to orbit bus transport, Sukhbir said, “Now the court has ruled what we were claiming earlier. The Punjab government is doing politics on this issue. What can be a bigger condemnation of the government than this?
Replying to another question, the SAD president asked Punjab Pradesh Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu in what capacity he was giving the impression that he was the chief ministerial face of the Congress. “I challenge the Congress party to clarify who is its chief ministerial candidate.”
Sukhbir said that the next Akali-BSP coalition government will conduct an inquiry into corruption in MGNREGA works. He claimed that he had received reports from across the state that Congress MLAs have set up their own interlocking tile factories and forced panchayats to buy them at exorbitant prices. All the leaders and sarpanches involved in this racket will be booked under the law. He announced that apart from creating a special ministry for Kandi belt development, the next SAD-BSP coalition government would also create guaranteed employment opportunities for the youth of the region.
The SAD president announced that the next government would give an allowance of Rs 2,000 per month to the women heads of all BPL families in the state. “Last time, we made the state power-surplus. This time we will make electricity cheaper.
He addressed rallies in various cities of the constituency and campaigned door-to-door for Lakhi in Gadhdiwal town. Sukhbir also visited some religious places.
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