Cong leaders playing friendly match with Akalis, says Khaira
Sunday, 20/07/2014
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Chandigarh : Former Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira today accused senior leaders of his party of “playing a friendly match” with the Akali- BJP government, rather than taking them head-on on certain issues and acting as a formidable Opposition.
In a statement issued here, Khaira expressed his displeasure with the Congress leadership for failing to corner Bikram Majithia in the Vidhan Sabha after he had “exposed” and alleged that Majithia had received Rs 70 lakh of hawala drug money from an accomplice of alleged druglord Jagdish Singh Bhola.
Majithia had denied the charges levelled by Khaira.
Khaira today said that the Congress could have forced the Speaker to adjourn the House and sought a statement from the Deputy Chief Minister-cum-Home Minister over the issue while pressing for the resignation of Bikram Majithia. “But unfortunately, this did not happen. On earlier occasions too, I have brought into public domain matters of corruption, crime and drugs against senior Akali leaders. All such anti-government issues were given a silent burial,” he alleged. He alleged it was primarily due to lack of effective opposition that the Congress missed the chance to form the government in 2012 and suffered a decrease of poll percentage and seats in the recent Lok Sabha polls.
