Terming the ongoing chain hunger strike by Congress as a ‘political stunt’, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday said that in dearth of any tangible issue against the State Government, the Congress leaders were resorting to such gimmicks.
Interacting with media persons on the sidelines of a function regarding assuming the charge of office by newly appointed chairman of Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation (PSIDC) Avtar Singh Hit at Udyog Bhawan, Badal said that the state Congress leaders were politicizing the revelations made by a person who has been accused of a heinous crime of drug trafficking.
“A shrewd criminal like Jagdish Bhola could name any person just to save his skin but it is unfortunate that the Congress leaders are trying to take political mileage out of it,” said Badal.
He said that every step in this multi-crore drug case was being taken after the meticulous enquiry by the State Police and “even the state Director General of Police is personally monitoring the entire case, so there is hardly any need for handing over this enquiry to the CBI”.
Reiterating that the industrial concessions given by the Centre to other neighbouring states were deliberately aimed at giving a fatal blow to the industry of the State, the Chief Minister said that they would not be a mute spectator to this grave injustice meted out by the state and soon a massive protest would be lodged in Chandigarh.
“Shiromani Akali Dal would also raise this issue in the coming session of the Parliament besides giving memorandum to the Union Government over this issue….The Congress has a shady past of discriminating with Punjab but this is the height of their apathy towards the state and we will resist the fresh move of Centre by lodging our protest at the highest level,” added Badal.