Punjab Congress on Wednesday asked the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal to self-introspect and “resign immediately” due to his failure in stopping sacrilege cases in the State.
Holding Sukhbir’s incompetence being the State’s Home Minister for continuing incidents of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib in the State over the last several months, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Partap Singh Bajwa said that junior Badal had no business to be in Government as he was more interested in exploiting the office he holds to promote his own business interests.
“Hired crowds at rallies could not act as a cover for the total failure of the Akali Dal-BJP alliance Government in the State on all fronts in general and law and order in particular with specific reference to the series of incidents of sacrilege that continue to be reported from various parts of the State,” said Bajwa.
Referring to the latest case of sacrilege that has been reported from Chahal village near Bhadson in Patiala district where the pages of Guru Granth Sahib were found to be torn, Bajwa said that the effort of the police to keep the incident under wraps initially was shocking.
He alleged that despite mass upsurge against such incidents and the killing of two innocent protesters in police firing at Behbal Kalan, the culprits had not been caught nor the deeper conspiracy to disturb peace and amity in the state had been exposed.
Bajwa pointed out that the first case was that of the bir of Guru Granth Sahib reported missing from Burj Jawahar Singhwala village on June 1 that was still to be traced thereby exposing the utter failure of Sukhbir Badal himself.
Deputy Chief Minister could not pass the buck by blaming the unidentified foreign forces as it was his responsibility as the Home Minister to expose them, he said.
PPCC chief said that the real sadbhavna would be when the police act against such elements as it is only the action was taken against the real culprits that confidence of the people would get restored.