Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has condemned the Congress government for indulging in vendetta politics by registering a disproportionate assets case against former Punjab Agro Industries Corporation chairman, Dyal Singh Kolianwali.
"The Congress government is in so much of a hurry to frame the SAD leader that it has not even bothered to give him an adequate chance to explain his sources of income to the relevant authorities," said the former minister and party spokesman Daljit Singh Cheema.
“False charges have been levelled against Kolianwali by stating that he owns land in Uttarakhand and Rajasthan besides a hotel with the sole intention of defaming him in the eyes of the people. The government has even refused to take into account the detailed representation of properties and income submitted by Kolianwali to the income tax authorities," he said.
Cheema said that earlier also, the Congress government misused the state police to register a false case against Kolianwali as well his son Parminder and nephew despite the fact that Parminder was subject to a murderous assault.
"It seems like the State machinery is being used to settle personal scores against the Kolianwali family”, he added.
The former minister said that the timing of the case was also designed to divert attention of the people from the all round failure of the Congress party and its government.
“Such politics has already been rejected by the people of Punjab. The government needs to understand this and come out with solutions to problems being faced by the people including taking steps to implement the promises made to them instead of pursuing politics of personal vendetta”, he added.