Moonak, March 24
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today asked Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann not to make excuses for not recommending a CBI probe into the disturbing death of Warehousing Corporation officer Dr Gagandeep Singh Randhawa at the hands of his former minister Laljit Bhullar and asked him why he was not taking action against Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring if he knew the latter was hand in glove in the extortion cum suicide case of a Faridkot businessman.
Addressing a massive gathering here which reflected the support the SAD is getting in Sangrur district along with Lehra Gaga halka incharge Gagandeep Singh Khandebad, the SAD president said it was ridiculous that Bhagwant Mann had just realized that a Faridkot businessman committed suicide after killing his 2 children due to extortions made by Punjab Congress president Raja Warring’s brother in law Dimpy Vinayak. “The chief minister should tell Punjabis why he has been silent on this issue for four years and why he was not taking action in the matter even now,” he said.
Badal said the chief minister should also tell why he continued to brandish a file containing details of an Rs 100 crore scam by Raja Warring involving fabrication of 814 State buses from Rajasthan despite lower quotes from Punjab fabricators during his tenure as Transport Minister in 2021-22. He said the fact of the matter was that both the CM and Raja Warring were colluding with each other and continued to play a friendly game. “If Bhagwant Mann has the guts he should take action against Warring instead of using the issue of lack of CBI probe in Faridkot extortion cum suicide incident to let former Transport minister Laljit Bhullar off the hook in the Dr Gagandeep Singh Randhawa suicide case,” he said.
Speaking about the Lehra Gaga constituency and its neighouring areas, Badal said, “The SAD is aware that the Ghaggar River needs to be tamed. I am committed to the complete channelization of this river from Himachal to the Punjab border with Haryana. This is my guarantee to you”. He also spoke on how the farmers of this region had been betrayed by the AAP government with chief minister Bhagwant Mann going back on his promise to give compensation of Rs 50,000 per acre for crop damage besides compensating people for livestock loss. “You know you have got nothing with the AAP government and the centre passing the blame on each other. You also know how the entire SAD including Gagandeep Khandebad came to your help during the devastating floods when you were abandoned by both the centre and the State governments,” he added.
