Badal rewarded 5 former terrorists with top positions: Capt
Thursday, 04/10/2012
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Chandigarh : Punjab Pradesh Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh today not only questioned Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s silence on the attack of Lt Gen KS Brar but also accused him of rewarding five former terrorists with important positions in his party and government.
Amarinder maintained that Badal’s silence on the issue simply amounted to his approval for the attack. He said, “You are either with the terrorists who attacked Gen Brar or against them.”
He claimed that Badal had adjusted five former terrorists in the party and government. He said former terrorist Virsa Singh Valtoha had been given the party ticket and was now a legislator.
Amarinder said that former terrorist Amarjit Singh Chawla had been appointed member of the Punjab Public Service Commission by Badal earlier and was now a member of the SGPC.
He said former Khalistan Commando Force terrorist Amrik Singh Shahpur and former terrorist Rajinder Singh Mehta were serving as SGPC members. Another Ex-terrorist Jaswinder Singh Dhaliwal was part of its NRI sabha, he said.
CM Parkash Singh Badal tried to evade questions on the attack on Lt Gen Brar. All Badal said on persistent questioning in Bassi Pathana was “wrong is wrong”.
When asked about Amarinder’s statement that allowing the building of a memorial to commemorate Operation Bluestar had encouraged separatist forces, the Chief Minister gave the example of the killing of Sikhs in a US gurdwara two months earlier. He said such incidents could happen anywhere. He said there was no question of revival of terrorism in the state.
