Punjab minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Saturday lashed out at the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal for what he called "levelling allegations of most malicious nature" against the Congress MLAs on the issue of drugs.
Reacting to the statement of the SAD President that Congress MLAs are engaged in supply of drugs especially 'Chitta', Randhawa retorted that before leveling absolutely baseless and false allegations on the Congress party, the SAD President should introspect and look into the misdeeds committed by Bikram Singh Majithia who was notorious for giving shelter to the drug peddlers and being hand in glove with them thus ruining the youth of Punjab.
He said that drugs was the only business to flourish under Akalis and the most of the names figuring in various drug scams are of Akalis.
Warning the SAD President not to indulge in mudslinging and taking politics to a new low, Randhawa said that Congress legislators are ready for probe anytime and anywhere.
The senior Congress leader added that let there be an independent investigation by a High Court judge into the acts of omission and commission committed during the decade long misrule of the erstwhile Akali Government infamous as 'Jijey Saale Di Sarkar' and compare it with the two and a half year tenure of the Congress Government in Punjab, the picture would be crystal clear.
The Congress leader also elaborated that the Congress Government not only broke the backbone of the drug mafia in the state, it had also put majority of the drug smugglers and dealers behind bars.