Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Ministers on Saturday asked Punjab Congress to come clean on drug traffickers in its own midst following reports of its senior leaders being in cohorts with the drug mafia.
In a statement here, senior Ministers Sikander Singh Malooka and Daljit Singh Cheema said recently drug traffickers caught with heroin had claimed they had received patronage from Congress leaders including Raja Warring and Sukhpal Khaira. The SAD leaders said forget suspending or throwing out these elements from the party, the Congress had chosen to remain silent on this issue.
They urging Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to practice what he preached and expel these leaders from the party. "Failure to do anything less will mean that the Congress indulges in double speak on the issue of drugs and is not serious about tackling this menace. It will also prove they Rahul Gandhi only used the issue of drugs to malign the SAD and Punjabis", they said.