Amarinder asks Badal to resign, seeks President’s rule in state
Sunday, 18/10/2015
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FARIDKOT: Former chief minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh asked Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday to resign and sought imposition of President’s rule in the state as there was complete collapse of law and order besides social and economic unrest. “The way things are going on right now, the state is set to head for anarchy,” he said. Amarinder was addressing a press conference at the residence of Jaitu legislator Joginder Singh here.
Amarinder was here to express sympathy with the families of the two victims of police firing on protesters at Bargari village on Wednesday. He also visited the dharna site. “Badal has lost control of the situation. Earlier, I had been asking for financial emergency, but now the situation has gone out of control,” he said.
CONG MLAs WANT BITTU, FARMERS LET OFF
CHANDIGARH: A section of Punjab Congress legislators on Saturday demanded that the state government take back the cases registered during the recent farmers’ agitation with immediate effect.
In a joint statement issued here, MLAs Parminder Singh Pinki, Ajit Inder Singh Mofar, Rakesh Pandey, Surinder Davar, Gurkirat Singh Kotli, Navtej Cheema and Bharat Bhushan Ashu said the case against Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu, whose judicial custody was on Saturday extended till October 31 by a Bathinda court, be also withdrawn or they’ll approach the governor.
