Punjab Revenue Minister Punjab Bikram Singh Majithia on Wednesday questioned the intriguing silence of Preneet Kaur, Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Congress candidate from Patiala lok Sabha seat on the issue of Punjabis languishing in processing centres of US Immigration and Custom Enforcement Texas since July 2013.
In a statement issued here, Majithia alleged that it was surprising that despite scores of representations by the families of jailed persons to Ministry of External Affairs she failed to discharge her primary duty towards people of Punjab as Minister of State for External Affairs.
He said that Kaur has even failed to provide counselor access to jailed Punjabis who are in a miserable plight in various processing centers of Texas.Majithia said whether it was increasing attacks on Punjabis in Phillipines, USA, Australia, Italy, Kaur failed to protect the interests of Punjabis abroad.
He said that what to call of lodging protest against French PM during his visit to India for ban on turban in educational institutions, the minister had hosted a dinner for him.Majithia also targeted Capt Amarinder saying he was using foul language because he was not intending to contest the polls but was forced to do so.