Bhola drug racket: Revenue Minister Bikram Majithia’s name re-surfaces in ED probe - Opposition guns for ‘Majhe Da Jarnail’ - Bajwa questions Modi’s silence on Bikram ‘link’
Tuesday, 25/11/2014
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Chandigarh : Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Partap Singh Bajwa today alleged that the Badal family held meetings with home Minister Rajnath Singh for protecting Revenue Minister Bikram Majithia from the investigation being carried out by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which reports to the Home Minister.
The PPCC chief has also questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue.
Addressing the media here, Bajwa alleged a senior BJP leader had confirmed him about the meetings.
Refusing to name the leader, Bajwa said the BJP leader was a "friend who confided that taking action against Majithia would end the SAD-BJP coalition".
Showing newspaper advertisements issued by the BJP detailing the poll promises by them before the Lok Sabha elections in April this year, the state Congress president said the first promise was to end the drug trade in Punjab. Terming it as an admission of the prevailing drug racket by the BJP, Bajwa said he was waiting for almost six months for Modi to take some action on the issue.
Bajwa also today reopened the controversial chapter of seeking a CBI inquiry about the role of Majithia in the racket. He said he had written to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Rajnath Singh and Modi for a CBI inquiry.
On why the previous UPA Government did not order a CBI inquiry, Bajwa said at that time the allegations were restricted to a statement made by one of the arrested smuggler (Bhola).
Congress spokesperson Sukhpal Singh Khaira has demanded the removal of Majithia from the Cabinet. He has also urged the ED to summon him for a “fair and impartial conclusion of drug-related investigations”. Khaira, in a statement, alleged the police had under political pressure purposely omitted these facts in its challan presented in the court.
