Capt warns govt against appointing Dhanda again
Sunday, 06/11/2011
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111106/punjab.htm#2
Former Chief Minister and PPCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh today warned the SAD-BJP government against any attempt to circumvent the guidelines of the Punjab and Haryana High Court regarding the appointment of Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) chairman.
Speaking to mediapersons outside the District Court Complex here, Amarinder said the state government should not repeat the same mistake. On what his party would do in case the government re-appointed the same person (read Harish Rai Dhanda) as the PPSC chairman, he said, "You can't circumvent the High Court order regarding the appointment, a ruling that has been endorsed by the Supreme Court." Asked about Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal's accusations regarding the use of unparliamentary language, the PPCC president reiterated that he "had only spoken the truth and could not do anything if the Badals did not like it".
Regarding Izhar Alam, Amarinder said Badal had been claiming that he had not given him a clean chit. "But for the last four years, Badal has appointed him (Alam) as the chairman of the Waqf Board and is projecting him as SAD candidate from Malerkotla. If this is not a clean chit, what else is it?" he asked.
About SAD president Sukhbir Badal saying that the Congress too had, during its rule, spent several crores on the India-Pakistan Punjab Games and that a few guests were even provided state hospitality, the former Chief Minister said "the issue was an entirely different one". "What is happening today in the name of kabaddi is a semi-nude dance aimed at luring crowds to seek cheap publicity for the Badals."
