Badal behind violent incidents: Capt
Friday, 12/08/2016
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HOSHIARPUR: Accusing chief minister Parkash Singh Badal for “spate of violent incidents” in the state, including the attack on RSS leader Jagdish Gagneja, Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday said the CM was deliberately trying to create fear and polarise people along communal lines for political gains.
He also expressed concern over the rising incidents of gang wars in Punjab and alleged that these were being patronised by deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of “Halke vich Captain”, Amarinder said Sukhbir could not pass off everything on Pakistan’s InterServices Intelligence (ISI). “We all know what ISI is up to, but what are you doing to stop it from executing its nefarious designs?” he questioned Sukhbir, adding that mere breast beating and blaming it would not solve the problem.
Amarinder said there was a consistent pattern in what happened in Bargari, where Guru Granth Sahib was desecrated, followed by the desecration of Bhagavad Gita in Ludhiana, desecration of Quran in Malerkotla and the attack on the RSS leader. Warning that this was a dangerous game, the Congress president said, the party would not let it happen as Punjab could not afford another dark era.
Responding to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader HS Phoolka’s threat of filing a defamation suit against him, Amarinder said he was welcome to do so. He said Phoolka had charged money for case of 1984 riot victims. Former Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee president Paramjit Singh Sarna also used to pay Phoolka, he said.
