Five time former Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal on Friday accused the Capt Amarinder Singh Government in Punjab of vendetta politics, adding that he was up to his old policy of political and personal vendetta against the SAD in general and against him (Badal) in particular.
In a statement issued here, the former Chief Minister said that Justice Ranjit Singh (Retd) had lowered the dignity of the judiciary in the country by allowing himself to be used as an "instrument of vendetta" in the hands of the Congress government in Punjab headed by Captain Amarinder.
He said the entire country and the judicial and legal fraternity are been shocked by Justice Ranjit Singh's act of practically releasing the so-called inquiry report on the sensitive issue of the sacrilege of the sacred Guru Granth Sahib even while still going through the motions of collecting and recording our version of the events in this regard.
Badal said the timing of the release this "sponsored, fake and prefabricated Congress document was significant as it comes on the eve of the bypoll to the Shahkot assembly constituency scheduled for May 28".
He said this shows just how politicised the so -called report and the psyche of its authors is. "This is a sad hour for the dignity of judiciary in the country," added Badal.
The former Chief Minster also pointed out the absurdity of Justice Ranjit Singh keeping up the pretence of still gathering evidence on one hand and releasing the to so-called report the media on the other. Badal was referring to media reports which carried quotes ascribed to Justice Ranjit Singh on the sacrilege issue.
The former Chief minister said that as a result of the CM's total obsession with the policy of vendetta, governance in Punjab had come to standstill. "Farmers, farm labourers, traders, employees and the poor the dalit sections were reeling under the impact of the mess created by the Congress government," he added.