Congress accuses ED of going slow in drug case
Thursday, 26/06/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140626/punjab.htm#10
Jalandhar : The Congress today accused the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of soft-pedalling the crucial issue of the drug racket. Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) spokesperson Sukhpal Singh Khaira alleged the ED was adopting double standards by not summoning Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia.
Khaira said druglord Jagdish Bhola had named both Majithia and Damanvir, but the ED had only summoned Damanvir.
He alleged: "I have information that the Punjab Police have provided security cover to ED officials in Jalandhar. It has also come to light that an ED official is having close proximity with a Punjab cadre IPS officer and both of them jointly own a gym in Ludhiana."
He claimed the ED had asked businessman Chunni Lal Gaba and Damanvir to join investigations after Bhola named them, but Majithia had not been asked to appear. Khaira said given the pace at which the ED was conducting the investigations, it would take 10 years to complete the probe.
Taking on Chief Minister for his statement that there was no proof against Majithia, Khaira said: "Since MLA Sarwan Singh Phillaur did not have a powerful lobby, he was asked to resign after his son Damanvir's name cropped up in the drug racket. On the contrary, Bhola had also named Majithia, but no action was initiated against him."
‘Will launch stir’
Bathinda: The Punjab Congress will soon launch an agitation against issues concerning the state, including property tax, “involvement” of ruling party leaders in drug trade and non-payment of funds under various welfare schemes. State party chief Partap Singh Bajwa addressed party workers at Budhlada and Mansa today as part of his tour of the Bathinda parliamentary constituency. He called upon them to gear up for the Talwandi Sabo bypoll. Bajwa thanked the people for their overwhelming support to Manpreet Singh Badal who had contested on the Congress ticket, but lost by a narrow margin to Akali Dal candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal. Bajwa said although Harsimrat had managed to retain her seat, it was her “moral defeat” as her victory margin had come down from more than a lakh in the previous election to less than 20,000 this time.
