NRIs, politicians involved in drug racket, claims Bajwa
Friday, 20/12/2013
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Ramgarh (Bholath) : Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Partap Singh Bajwa today said his party would get a public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court through an NGO to demand a CBI probe into the Rs 6,000 crore synthetic drug racket. Speaking on the sidelines of a programme organised by PPCC spokesperson Sukhpal Khaira to mark the birth anniversary of his father Sukhjinder Singh, Bajwa said Bhola's allegation that three Punjab Cabinet Ministers were involved in the drug racket was startling.
The PPCC chief alleged that Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal was trying to hush up the matter by giving a clean chit to his Cabinet colleagues. "I met Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in this regard but since the police department is a state subject, the Centre cannot order a probe by the CBI or the Narcotics Control Board. Now, we have decided to take up the matter in the High court," he said.
Bajwa said since several NRIs and politicians were allegedly involved in the scam, the CBI was the best agency to probe the matter and expose the guilty.
On Sikh activist Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa's demand that six former militants languishing in jails despite having completed their sentences be released, Bajwa said his party was of the firm opinion that those who had completed their jail term be released on humanitarian grounds.
Bajwa said he would submit a list of probable candidates for the 13 parliamentary constituencies to the Congress high command in New Delhi on December 24.
Among others who addressed the function were Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Santosh Chaudhary, former Punjab CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and PPCC spokesperson Sukhpal Khaira.
