Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Sunday said that a regulatory authority to keep a check on private schools of the State is in the offing.
He said that he has asked Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema to make sure that the regulatory authority starts functioning at the earliest.
“Punjab Government is keeping a close tab on the issue of fleecing of parents by some private schools. He said that the State Government would not tolerate this at any cost and that is why, a Regulatory Authority in this regard is in offing and would start functioning soon,” he said while speaking to the media on the sidelines of a function organised on the occasion of 125th birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar.
Sukhbir also said that the Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed to nab the killers of Mata Chand Kaur wife of Namdhari Sect’s former head Satguru Jagjit Singh, has got a breakthrough and the killers would be arrested soon.
“A SIT, comprising ludhiana Police Commissioner Jatinder Singh Aulakh as chairman, Khanna SSP Satinder Singh and AIG (Crime) Ravcharan Singh Brar both as members, has already been formed. It has got breakthrough into the case and the killers would be behind bars soon,” he said.
Reacting to a question related to Kohinoor diamond, he said that the Kohinoor belongs to all Punjabis and that the Punjab Government would make all efforts to bring it back.
“We would be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard very soon and would also take up this matter through diplomatic channels. If required, we would also approach the Supreme Court of India regarding this matter,” he said.
Taking an aim at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Sukhbir said that Kejriwal’s anti-Punjab stand has been exposed over the SYl issue.
“Kejriwal and his party has failed on all fronts over providing good governance to the people of Delhi and that is why, even the Punjabi’s have rejected him wholeheartedly,” he said.
He said that Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh is a failed leader and just like people of Punjab, even the NRI diaspora has rejected him. “Both Arvind Kejriwal and Capt Amarinder Singh are failed leaders, opportunists and power hungry and Punjabi’s know their real face now,” he said.
Replying to another question regarding the parole of Prof Davinderpal Singh Bhullar, he said that as per our law, even the prisoners and under trials have their rights and under the same law, they are entitled for parole as well.