HSGMC a legal entity: Bajwa
Monday, 28/07/2014
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Chanidgarh : Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa today said the Akal Takht Jathedar’s timely intervention had saved the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) row from getting aggravated. He said Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal must accept the reality that the HSGMC "is now a legal entity".
In a statement issued here, he said Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh had made timely intervention. He said he should now withdraw the excommunication of Haryana sikh leaders HS Chatha, Jagdish Singh Jhinda and Didar Singh Nalvi. He said since the Jathedar had decided to mediate by summoning both the sides, it was necessary that the action taken against the three leaders be revoked.
"It is apparent that reality has dawned on Badal that the Akali Dal rank and file were not prepared to launch an agitation against the members of their own community in the neighboring state. The BJP has also realised the far reaching consequences the SAD morcha could have on the region as an earlier Akali agitation in 1982 had turned into a catastrophe," he alleged.
‘Don’t point fingers at HP on drug issue’
Jalandhar: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who was also in the city on Sunday, advised the Punjab Government not to indulge in “blame game” on the issue of drug trade. He said: "It is not possible for the drug trade to flourish without political patronage. The Punjab Government should stress on curbing the menace instead of pointing fingers at HP. As a neighbouring state, we are also prone to the drug menace and I assure all possible help to Punjab in this fight,” he said. Meanwhile, PPCC president Partap Singh Bajwa has expressed dismay over the ongoing probe into the drug racket by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Addressing a press conference here, he said he would soon write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the matter.
