Don’t victimise Nagra, Cong tells Badal
Sunday, 21/09/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140921/punjab.htm#4
Chandigarh : The state Congress has warned the SAD-BJP Government against “using the civil administration” to victimise Congress MLA Kuljeet Singh Nagra and other workers. In a statement, Sukhpal Singh Khaira, former MLA and state Congress spokesperson, said that the “frivolous and concocted” complaint made by Fatehgarh Sahib Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Pooja Syal Grewal against the Congress MLA had once again vindicated the party’s allegations. He alleged the civil machinery of the state had been politicised and was working at the behest of the Badals.
Khaira said Nagra was the most vocal Congress leader against the alleged misrule of the Badal government. “The Badal government panicked after MLA Nagra made a complaint against the said SDM to the Vidhan Sabha Speaker. Needless to mention, that any complaint pertaining to a representative should be treated under the Representation of People’s Act, 1951. Thus the said inquiry ordered by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is totally illegitimate and unconstitutional,” he said.
He said that keeping in view the sensitivity of the issue, the Congress had demanded a free and fair inquiry by the Privilege Committee of the Vidhan Sabha, as the complaint was already pending with the Speaker.
Shift SDM, demands Cong
Fatehgarh Sahib: The women’s wing of the Congress today burnt an effigy of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate on Railway Road at Humayunpur near Sirhind. They threatened to launch a statewide stir if the state government did not transfer Pooja. They alleged the charges against the Congress MLA were baseless.
