Sukhbir preparing ground to eliminate AAP leaders: Shergill
Friday, 12/08/2016
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CHANDIGARH: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleged that deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was laying grounds to eliminate its leaders in the state.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, AAP legal cell head party candidate from SAS Nagar (Mohali) assembly segment, Himmat Singh Shergill lashed out at Sukhbir saying his statement regarding Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI’s attempt to disturb peace of Punjab was a deep-rooted and well-planned conspiracy to lay the ground for violence in the upcoming assembly polls.
“It cannot be ruled out that under the garb of the ISI threat, Sukhbir may conspire attacks on AAP leaders in Punjab and also on party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal. His statement smells of a conspiracy to disturb peace of Punjab,” Shergill alleged.
AAP candidates Harjot Bains from Sahnewal, Gurpreet Singh Lapra from Payal, Brig Raj Kumar (retd) from Balachaur, Santokh Singh Salana from Bassi Pathana and Amarjit Singh from Rupnagar were also present at the press conference.
Claiming that the ISI had never got a single political leader murdered in Punjab in the past nine years, Shergill said the ISI bogey had been raised just four months before the election by Sukhbir to play “politics of fear.”
When pointed out if he was trying to “defend” ISI’s activities in the state, Shergill said he was not defending the ISI. “Sukhbir must clarify which leader of Punjab was eliminated by the ISI and who are on its target,” he said.
When asked if AAP leaders in Punjab would seek police security, Shergill said “We don’t require security by Sukhbir Badal, as people of Punjab have already provided us ample security in the form of immense support.”
When questioned if he had any proof to back his theory of Sukhbir hatching a conspiracy to eliminate AAP leaders, Shergill said his statement should be brought before the public just like deputy CM’s statement had been brought in the public domain.
