Badal shying away from judicial probe, says Capt
Sunday, 24/11/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20131124/punjab.htm#5
Chandigarh : Capt Amarinder Singh, permanent invitee to the Congress Working Committee, has accused Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal of running away from a judicial probe into the recent drug haul.
Reiterating his demand for an independent inquiry by a sitting high court judge, Amarinder said the issue assumed significance as the name of an Akali MLA had figured in the racket.
In a statement issued here, the Congress leader also chose to rubbish Badal’s allegations that he was interfering in the investigation through his demand for a judicial probe. The Chief Minister had only yesterday turned down the demand.
Addressing mediapersons during his Sangat Darshan function in Gidderbaha yesterday, Badal had said: “The state government has complete faith in the functioning of the police and Congress leaders should refrain from interfering in the day-to-day police working and allow it to work freely so as to get to the bottom of the case.”
Lauding Patiala Senior Superintendent of Police Hardial Singh Mann and his team for busting the racket, Amarinder said only a judicial probe could unravel the “truth”. “This (involvement of an Akali MLA) is not an allegation made by us but follows the revelation by a senior SAD leader about his party MP and his MLA son,” the former Chief Minister pointed out.
Amarinder criticised Badal for trying to politicise a serious issue that concerned the future generations of Punjab. He said given the seriousness and enormity of the issue, it would be in everybody’s interest to have an independent probe.
OK with CBI probe: Majithia
Lashing out at the Opposition Congress, Revenue Minister Bikram Majithia on Saturday said they were ready for a CBI probe into the Bhola drug ring case. Talking to mediapersons on the sidelines of a school function in Amritsar, Majithia said instead of targeting the state government, the Congress should compliment it for bringing to book all those involved in the racket.
