Why no FIR against Badals for 2015 sacrilege, police firing, asks Sidhu
Saturday, 18/05/2019
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BATHINDA/MANSA : Punjab local bodies minister and Congress’ star campaigner Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday questioned his own party’s government led by Capt Amarinder Singh as why no FIR (first information report) was not lodged against the Badals in the 2015 sacrilege and the police firing cases.
Congress ministers Navjot Singh Sidhu and Manpreet Singh Badal at a roadshow in support of party's Bathinda candidate Amrinder Singh ■ Raja Warring on the last day of campaigning on Friday.
Addressing a series of rallies in support of the Congress candidate Amrinder Singh Raja Warring in the high-stake Bathinda constituency, Sidhu accused the state government of going soft on the family even after the Justice Ranjit Singh Commission (retd) indicted former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal in the police firing case.
“The Badals are playing a friendly match. Thok deyo ohna nu jihna ne beadabi kiti. Jihna de 75:25 hisse, ohna nu vi thok deyo (Vote out those who committed sacrilege. Vote out those who have 75:25,” he said appealing to the gathering.
He, however, did not mention as whom the Badal family was playing a ‘friendly match’ with.
“Who is bigger? The Justice Ranjit Singh Commission or the special investigation team (SIT)? Then why didn’t they lodge FIR against the Badals? The probe clearly hints that the order open firing on Sikh protesters (at Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura) came from the CM’s office,” he said.
In a veiled attack on Amarinder for offering to resign if the Congress is wiped out in Punjab in these elections, Sidhu said, “Someone offered to quit if a certain number of seats are not won. But I will quit from the cabinet if persons guilty of violating holy books are not punished. For me my Guru is the most important thing in life.”
He said the Akalis continue to run cartels in transport, mining and liquor businesses.
“I was marginalised by the Badals when I represented the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat as a BJP MP. The Badals have not only indulged in corruption but also patronised drug traders. They mocked the panth and panthic bodies for their political gains and it is time to finish the Akalis politically,” the local bodies minister added.
