Brig Inder Mohan exposes Gen Satbir motives
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When I take on Satbir some of you feel I am wrong and have a personal grudge. Is there any thing left for your imagination. His interest is always above that of the ESM. What are his goals here?
When I take on Satbir some of you feel I am wrong and have a personal grudge. Is there any thing left for your imagination. His interest is always above that of the ESM. What are his goals here?
1. Save his skin by siding surreptitiously with AKALIs - BJP. Haryana govt will go slow in the case against him.
2. Seek ESM votes for his candidates so that they help AKALIs BJP. No one else will in any case vote for ESM.
3. Out of the funds that he gets to split the votes he will give crumbs to the NCOs JCOs and rake in a moolah for himself and those who are assisting him in his mission.
4. He is achieving this because he is exploiting his turban. He won't do it in UP though it has more ESM because there are almost no SIKH ESM there.
5. Sad he is working at the behest of the ruling party in Punjab which we all know has ruined the basic fibre of the society.
6. Let him put up his candidates. All of us should display them in a hall of shame. I will take on this responsibility.
5. Unfortunately a few respected members of the committee will also have to bear the brunt of this misdemeanor of Satbir, unless all have been sold out.
Brig
Inder Mohan Singh
President
IESL Punjab
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Respected all Rank's of retired Army OFFICER'S JCO'S , & OTHER RANK'S wale ex-servicemen fooji bhio jai hind.
Sorry. Aaj mujhe ye jaan kar bra dukh hua. ki senik ekta ki baat krne wale UFESM ke aagu mhu me Ram Ram or baggl me shurri rakhi hai Jo inhone SEWA PB ki pith me maarne ke leya rakhi hai.
Is ki tazi exemele yeh hai . Phali baar ex-servmen ki 15 Aug ko Goa ke sahid S KARNAIL Singh ISHRU ki yad me ISHRU me political party ki tarhan stage lgane ka faisla keya. Jo ki salagha yog faisla hai.
Sab se phele mere ko Capt Jarnail Singh Jalajan sahab ne phone keya. Ki hum v 15 AUGUST ko ISRU me stage lgaen. Mi un ko kiha sir SEWA PB aap ki full support kregi. Aap ko paisa ki or jayada se jayada esm ki support kregi.
Aaj fr meri capt Jarnail Singh Jalajan se baat hui.unho ne mere ko route btaeya.or puchha ki sewa pb ki kitni gari aaegi. Mai kiha sr 1 FGH .1 NABA.1 SAMANA OR PATIALA. Hum 3 BUSS . Or DHURI & BAGRIAN se on bando bast esm le kr lagbhag 400-500 members of sewa pb ke aa rihe hain. But dhuer ko mere ko khanna se ek mere mittr capt...shab ne phone keya ki humare pr uppr se pressure hai
. Ki aap na aao. Maine karrn puchha . To jawab mila ki COL BALBIR SINGH or Gen STBIR SHAB chaate ha ki sewa pb really me aae. Mai respected BRIG HARBANT SINGH member governing body of Punjab UFESM. KO PHONE keya . Or puri baat btaai .
Unho ne is baat ki or 15 August ki rally ki jaankari se inkar keya.fr mi WAR OF OROP ke hero respected Maj / Gen STBIR SINGH sahab ko phone pr puri baat btaai. Unho ne kiha mujhe khaira.
Col K.S GREWAL ya sewa pb se koi presani nhi.meri aap se bilkul b nrajgi nhi.aap rally me phale ki tarhan hi full strength ke sath aao.fr mai sedhi baat col balbir shab se ki .
Unho ne kiha ki esm tere pr objection krte hain.ki tu mic jaldi nhi chhorta. Dosto key sirf itni hi baat pr capt Jarnail Singh Jalajan pr pressure dalne ki jarurt thee...? Ki agr khara ya grwal aae to mi stag chhor kr chlajuga.
Ab suno puri or assli khani.
Asli baat yeh hai ki SEWA PB KI PATIALA REALLY me GEN STBIR SINGH SHAB humare chife guest thee.but UFESM wale rally me capt AMrindr Singh ko bulana chahate thae.
But hum ne bhut request keya ki sewa pb ik non political association hai.hum kisi b politicians ko rally me nhi bulate. Or hum ne aisa nhi keya.jis ka badla ab col Balbir shab sewa pb se lagata har rally me le rihe hain .
Col balbir patiala rally ke baad har stage pr sewa pb ko ignore krte aarihe hai. delhi .khanna. muktsar. or jagraon raly me b inho ne sewa pb ke sath tikh nhi keya.hum senik ekta or orop lrai pr is ka bura assr naho.is leyea bardast krte rihe.
Dukh ki baat yeh hai ki gen
shab or brig harbant shab sab jaante hain or chupp hain.keya aise hi senik ekta hogi..? Ab mera col balbir shab ko khula challenge hai.agr un me dum hai. Oh all punjab ya delhi ke JM pr voting krva len . Ki esm kis ko sunna like krte hain.
shab or brig harbant shab sab jaante hain or chupp hain.keya aise hi senik ekta hogi..? Ab mera col balbir shab ko khula challenge hai.agr un me dum hai. Oh all punjab ya delhi ke JM pr voting krva len . Ki esm kis ko sunna like krte hain.
un ke mukble agr esm ne mujhe 10% b reject kr deya mi zindgi me kbhi b stage pr nhi chaduga.
15 August ko ISRU me mi ikela aauga. UFESM or gen shab or brig sahab se meri request hai ki who voting ki izajt den. Sewa pb ki gurnanti mi leta hun ki humara ek v member whan nhi hoga . Ab mi aap sabhi ko request krta hun ki pl comments kro or btao ki yahan pr wrong kon hai.
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SATBIR CLARIFICATION AN EYE WASH TO FOOL ESM OF PUNJAB AND ALL OUT TO DIVIDE ESM VOTES TO PLEASE HIS POLITICAL MASTERS
NOMINATES HIMSELF AS CHIEF PATRON OF FAUJI JANTA PARTY AND ELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR VESTED INTEREST
[13/08 18:44] Capt C S Sidhu:
Dear Gen Satbir,
You met Capt Amrinder Singh with your team of Delhi Secretly without informing anybody in Punjab, not even your election incharge Capt C S Sidhu.
Gen Satbir, I advice you, that we have to live in Punjab & we have to spend our life among these people & you people sitting in
Delhi & Gurgaon cannot decide our political future.
Delhi & Gurgaon cannot decide our political future.
We love you that you fought our case” ONE RANK ONE PENSION”. All ex servicemen of India are grateful to you. Please keep yourself politically out of Punjab as you don’t know the ground realities & you are not prepared to listen to anyone.
My sincere advice to you is you don’t interfere in Punjab election at all. We Punjabis will decide our own fate.
I hope I am clear on the Subject. No ill feeling against anybody.Hum kisi b delhi ya chandigarh ke sodagron ko punjab ke foojion ki takdirr ke sodagar nhi banne denge.
Capt C S Sidhu
Election Incharge Punjab
United Ex Servicemen Front
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[13/08 21:50] Dilbir Kaur Sidhu:
Capt. C.S. Sidhu, I am surprised and dismade at your comment about the meeting Gen. Satbir had with Capt. Amrinder.
You are fully aware and was the part of the proceedings of election committee members at Jalandhar on 7th August 16.
It was decided in that meeting that what ever decision Gen. Satbir takes would be abided by all of us.
Your remarks are against the decisions taken by the members of the election committee , and are not appreciated. you should refrain from doing so.
Dalbir Kaur Sidhu
Joint Secretary
Fauji Janata Party (F.J.P)
Fauji Janata Party (F.J.P)
[14/08 15:10] Col Balbir Singh:
Dear Capt CS Sidhu
Your write up being a honoured member of d United Front(JM) nd member of d election committee is harsh & misplaced. As a part of d group we have to abide by certain guide lines since we have all decided to accept any decision taken by Gen Satbir Singh in 7th Aug meeting. There is no point feeling left out or ignored.
It was one to one meeting of Gen Satbir Singh with Capt Amarinder Singh where Gen Shergill nd Brig Sandhu were in attendance.
I m feeling sorry that u being a old politician lost your temper nd made very hard comments which does not suit your personality. I m sure u must also be feeling d same.
Regards
Lt Col Balbir Singh
Convener UFIESM(JM)Pb.
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Satbir ji
May I congratulate you for getting Rajsabha seat and one crore from BJP.
Satbir ji
May I congratulate you for getting Rajsabha seat and one crore from BJP.
Well you have been nicely rewarded by BJP for betraying the ESM.
Further you yourself have announced you have FD of one Crore.
We all have been contributing for the good cause of OROP.
Your this excuse for not revealing the accounts is not valid that Court case is going on.
Please do reveal as how much you have got
*Squadron Leader*
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FIRST ELECTION COMMITTEE DISSOLVED BY SATBIR AT ISSURU RALLY
1 There is need to identify suitable candidates who may contest Punjab Elections from Defence Fraternity.UFESM JM constitutes the Election Committee consisting of the following members:-
1 Capt CS Sidhu
2 Brig Harwant Singh
3 Brig Manjit Singh
4 Brig Prahalad Singh
5 Col Balbir Singh
6 Col Raghbir Singh
7 Col Didar Singh
8 H/Capt Jarnail Singh Jaladan
9 SM Devi Dyal
10 N/Sub Kulbir Singh
11 Brig JS Sandhu
2 Col Balbir Singh will also function as coordinator for meetings/ activities.
3 Brig JS Sandhu will function as Central Representative.
4 All decisions will be approved by the undersigned.
MajGen Satbir Singh SM
ADVISOR AND HEAD
PROTEST MOVEMENT
UNITED FRONT OF ESM
( UFESM) JANTAR MANTAR (JM).
2 Brig Harwant Singh
3 Brig Manjit Singh
4 Brig Prahalad Singh
5 Col Balbir Singh
6 Col Raghbir Singh
7 Col Didar Singh
8 H/Capt Jarnail Singh Jaladan
9 SM Devi Dyal
10 N/Sub Kulbir Singh
11 Brig JS Sandhu
2 Col Balbir Singh will also function as coordinator for meetings/ activities.
3 Brig JS Sandhu will function as Central Representative.
4 All decisions will be approved by the undersigned.
MajGen Satbir Singh SM
ADVISOR AND HEAD
PROTEST MOVEMENT
UNITED FRONT OF ESM
( UFESM) JANTAR MANTAR (JM).
GANDHI WRITES TO KADIYAN
Dear Colleagues,
Ref Email dated 20 Aug 2016 from Gp Capt VK Gandhi, reproduced below:
"Dear Members
This is the time to present a united picture of ESM to Govt as they have done grievous damage to Armed Forces by not giving full OROP and by downgrading our status in 7 CPC. And here we have a General who is hell bent to present fractured picture of ESM to authorities and give them a handle to browbeat Armed Forces further down. With this mail he has proved that welfare of soldiers is far from his mind. His only aim his self aggrandizement. Every ESM can easily guess on whose benefit he is writing such mails, who is his political master. Do we need a psychalogistto guess his intentions?
Regards
This is the time to present a united picture of ESM to Govt as they have done grievous damage to Armed Forces by not giving full OROP and by downgrading our status in 7 CPC. And here we have a General who is hell bent to present fractured picture of ESM to authorities and give them a handle to browbeat Armed Forces further down. With this mail he has proved that welfare of soldiers is far from his mind. His only aim his self aggrandizement. Every ESM can easily guess on whose benefit he is writing such mails, who is his political master. Do we need a psychalogistto guess his intentions?
Regards
Gp Capt VK Gandhi VSM
Gen Sec IESM"
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KADIYAN REPLY TO GANDHI
It is a strange sermon from a person presently on interim bail on charges of fraud and embezzlement of the funds contributed by the same Jawans and widows he professes to be working for.
People who have caused the divide between officers and JCO/OR are the officers like Gp Capt VK Gandhi.
They never treated them as equals. Extract of his Email sent to Cdr Ravi Pathak on 26/11/2012, ie one week ahead of the 2.12.2012 IESM elections says it all:
"On 26 November 2012 08:38, Vinod Gandhi <vk_gandhi@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Cdr Ravi
We had a problem at hand when we received 24 nomination for 17 vacancies (five appointments and 12 GB members).
You must have noticed that the 8 nominations had come from Haryana. Most of the voters also come from this area, there would have been situation that an officer would have lost to a JCO if the elections were to be held.
So I requested some nominations to be withdrawn rather than face this situation".
In the mail he also casts aspersions on the loyalty of JCOs/OR by alleging that they would have voted on regional and rank considerations rather than for the cause.
Even here he applies a different yardstick. 11 of the 13 officers in the Governing Body can be from the NCR and he finds nothing objectionable in this.
The ESM would vote for anyone working sincerely and honestly for them. His fear was simply born out of a sense of guilt.
It is also well known to him and his other friends, that OROP chart that was shown to us all by the RM himself in Feb 2015 had a minimum pension of Rs 7,200/- per month for a Gp 'Y' Sepoy with 15 years' service.
But because of the Jantar Mantar (JM) Tamasha, it got scaled down to Rs 6,665/-. Similar reduction would have taken place in case of others. That has been the contribution by the JM group.
All that he and his friends did at JM was to sell dreams to the unsuspecting veterans. And the sale price was extracted in cash by alleging that I had blocked the accounts.
He even cited an imaginary letter of mine written on 22/5/2015 to the bank in this regard. Instead of simply avoiding the issue why does Gp Capt Gandhi not put that letter on the net, IF IT EXISTS. Or show moral courage (?) and admit that he told a lie?
He of course remains silent on giving account for the money collections at JM through falsehood and subterfuge, even though many veterans have asked for it. And they think their silence will lead to unity? Trust, faith and confidence come out of honest and transparent dealings.
Their sound of unity bugle is dampened by their crocodile tears.
Lt Gen Raj Kadyan
Chairman IESM
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Jakhar questions Punjab govt
‘largesse’ to pvt power plants
CHANDIGARH: Continuing his tirade against the Punjab government’s alleged largesse to private power plants, Congress chief spokesperson Sunil Jakhar on Sunday said the state was paying more to these plants despite getting cheaper electricity from outside the state.“The government is buying 8,417 million units `2.68 per unit under excess power purchase for energy balancing though the state is power surplus. The Punjab government paid `2,257 crore 2016-17 to buy power from outside.
The same year, the state government paid ` 7.15 per unit to buy 3,236 million units from the Talwandi Sabo plant at a cost of `2,347 crore and 7,364 million units from the Rajpura plant at `4.10 per unit costing ` 3,015 crore. In case of the Goindwal plant, the state spent `413 crore from its kitty without buying a single unit,” Jakhar said, addressing a press conference.He alleged the state government had done nothing in past one-and-half years to get its coal mine in Jharkhand operational.
“The coal prices are surging globally and have shot up in 2015-16. Yet, the coal mine of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) remains nonoperational.
The PSPCL has submitted that price of coal can go further up and an escalation of 5% has been considered over the price in first half of 2015-16.
Why is the government not working on getting its captive coal mine operational? Why are the people of Punjab being made to shell out more money for the follies of the government and deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal’s claim to make Punjab power surplus?” he questioned.
Akali Dal screening film on party’s history to woo voters
ARN TARAN: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has started screening a documentary on the party’s history and propaganda to woo the voters, besides promoting the achievements and programmes of its government through publicity vans — ‘Ik sham-sarkar de naam’.
Ravinder Singh Brahmpura, Akali MLA from Khadoor Sahib assembly segment, launched the exercise from Daleke village on Saturday in the presence of local party leaders, including SUGERFED chairman Sukhbir Singh Vahla, block samiti chairman Satinderpal Singh Ladi and sarpanch Gurnishan Singh Daleke. Like ‘Ik sham-sarkar de naam’ programme during with ‘Chaar Sahibzade’ was screened with the motive to draw the attention of Sikh voters, the documentary also focuses on wooing Sikh voters.
On pretext of showing events like gurdwara sudhar lehar, ghadar movement and several other agitations that the SAD undertook on religious issues, the documentary corners the Congress on Operation Bluestar, anti-Sikh riots, river-water issues and also terms the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as “anti-Sikh and anti-Punjab” party, arguing that the AAP “cheated” Punjab by filing affidavit in Supreme Court in favour of Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal.Brahmpura said since past few years, the Congress and the AAP had been spreading “false” propaganda among youth against the SAD. “To counter the propaganda, we have made the documentary on the history of the party and sacrifices made by its workers,” he added. The legislature said the documentary will be screened across the district to make the people aware of the “truth”. “The voters have learned about the reality and they will not incline towards the parties reins, which are in the hands of anti-Punjab forces,” he added.
Cong open to alliance with BSP: Amarinder
SAD and BJP are again planning to loot the people of Punjab and to save my state, I am ready for an alliance with the BSP. CAPT AMARINDER SINGH, Punjab Congress chief
PHAGWARA: Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh said here on Sunday that the Congress was open to an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) for the 2017 assembly polls.Amarinder was here in connection with the 47th death anniversary function at Dera Baba Hans Raj in Pandwa village here.
On the sidelines of the event, Capt told mediapersons that their options are open and if the BSP wanted they are ready for alliance. “The SAD and BJP are again planning to loot the people of Punjab and to save my state, I am ready for an alliance with the BSP,” Capt said.
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| Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief Capt Amarinder Singh being presented a memento at the Dera Baba Hans Raj in Pandwa village on Sunday. |
Captain said the drug problem will be finished in four weeks after the Congress assumed power in Punjab. “All kinds of drugs will be banned in the state. But, we will not ban the sale of liquor as it is business of hundreds of people in the state.”
Calling chief minister Parkash Singh Badal an enemy of the state, the PPCC president said, “Because of his cowardice, the state government failed to get Chandigarh back. As per the Rajiv-Longowal accord, Chandigarh belongs to Punjab and it should be given to it.”
Captain described Aam Aadmi Party as a party of corrupt people. “AAP is giving tickets to corrupt people, and if they came to power, they will loot the state. People should understand their strategy,” Singh said.
AAP, Congress leaders join protest by family of bus accident victim
JALANDHAR: Family members of Vinod Kumar of Gopal Nagar, who died in a head-on collision between two private buses, one owned by the ruling Badal family, at Billi Chaharmi village on the Jalandhar-Moga road on Saturday evening, held a protest at the workshop chowk by keeping his body on Sunday afternoon for two hours.Senior leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and advocate HS Phoolka and others joined the protest and demanded stern action against the Orbit Bus Transport Company.
Phoolka condemned the government and the administration for not sharing the grief of the family and claimed when people come on roads, only then they listen to the people. The AAP leader alleged that the buses, run by the Badals, have been creating road terror and assured his support to Kumar’s family.District Congress urban chief Rajinder Beri also arrived at the protest site. Protesters also blocked traffic on the road by erecting temporary barricades. They sought a compensation of `25 lakh and a job to the member of Vinod’s family.
ADCP-I Jasvir Singh, ADCP (traffic) RPS Sandhu with two SHOs rushed to the spot and tried to persuade the family to cremate the body but failed to do so. Sub-divisional magistrate II Varinder Pal Singh talked to denior officials over the demands of the family.
The SDM assured to take up their demand with the government in two days after which the family took the body from the road and cremated it later.
WOMAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT IDENTIFIED SHAHKOT: The woman killed in the accident between the buses of Orbit Aviation and GSK Bus Service has been identified as Jasbir Kaur, a resident of Deviwala village in Faridkot. A case under sections 304-A (causing death by negligence), 279(rash driving) 337, 338( acts endangering life or safety of others) of the IPC has been registered in this connection.
Orbit driver blamed for mishap
- Jalandhar: The driver of the GSK Transport bus, which was involved in a head-on collision with an Orbit Aviation bus on Saturday, has blamed the latter’s driver for the mishap that claimed four lives. Arbinder Singh, whose hip bone and three ribs were fractured, said, “When the Orbit driver overtook a tipper and saw the oncoming bus, he left the driver's seat in panic.” Arbinder has been admitted to a private hospital in Jalandhar. As per the doctors, it will take him more than a month to recover. Jaswinder Singh Brar, Shahkot DSP, said, “We have identified the Orbit bus driver as Vakeel Singh of Bathinda. We are yet to trace him.” Manpreet Kaur, daughter of one of the injured passengers of the GSK bus, said her mother claimed that the GSK driver was rubbing tobacco in his palm when the accident happened. TNS
- Congress seeks dope test of driversMoga: The Congress has sought a dope test of all drivers of private buses in the state. Ravi Grewal, PPCC secretary, claimed that most of the drivers hired by politicians to run their buses were drug addicts. “The erring drivers should not be allowed to play with the lives of the people,” he added. TNS
Cracks appear in Pathankot unit of BJP
PATHANKOT: A group of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, which included former BJP minister Mohan Lal and some former councillors, held a rally against the alleged corruption in the district. The leaders aimed at the local MLA for the present situation, while MLA Ashwani Sharma termed it a move of his rivals who were unhappy with his achievements under which he brought many projects for the city.
Lal and Sharma have strained relations after the latter had succeeded in winning a ticket in the last assembly elections and had won the elections.Lal, who remained cornered for several years, is now seen active after the BJP has replaced Kamal Sharma with Sampla as new state BJP chief a close to Lal.
In their address, Lal and other the BJP pointed fingers at Sharma for influencing department and demanded an immediate stop at wrongdoings going on in the areas.
Meanwhile, Sharma claimed that he made quality roads, did not oblige contractors who were not doing quality works if this was my fault he questioned.
Cong condemns new taxes imposed by local municipal council
GURDASPUR: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary Raman Bahl has condemned Gurdaspur municipal council for imposing new taxes on citizens. Addressing a public meeting at the ward number 3 in Gurdaspur on Sunday, Bahl said people were already burdened under taxes imposed by the state government and the new taxes levied under a resolution passed by the municipal council on August 12, has put extra financial burden on the residents. Bahl alleged under the SAD-BJP government there has been done nothing in Gurdaspur that could be described as development. Bahl promised that on coming to power in the state in 2017, the Congress party will withdraw all these extra taxes introduced by the municipal council, Gurdaspur.
Bathinda’s AAP leader quits, says state unit being ignored
CAPITAL CONTROL Delhi leadership accused of sidelining Punjab party leaders
More than 15,000 party volunteers from Punjab worked for the party in the Delhi assembly segment but didn’t control the party there, but in Punjab, the party is being managed by Delhi leadership HARMILAP GAREWAL, ex-AAP leader
BATHINDA: The resentment in Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on distribution of tickets for 2017 Punjab assembly polls is not settling down as party leader Harmilap Grewal announced his resignation from the party, citing lack of internal democracy.
He said that state leaders have been sidelined as the Delhi leadership is calling the shots.
"Over 15,000 party volunteers from Punjab worked for party in Delhi assembly segment but they didn't capture the party there, but in Punjab, party is being managed by Delhi leadership and there is no say of Punjab leaders which has reflected in two lists of party candidates announced for 2017 assembly polls," said Grewal, general secretary of right to information (RTI) wing of the party in Punjab. He said that many more party workers and leaders were having the same feeling.
On being asked that whether his resignation had anything to do with the party’s two list of candidates for state polls, he said he never applied for the election ticket.However, Grewal alleged that tickets have already been decided by the Delhi leaders and a farce programme of conducting voting by volunteers was being carried out. The ones who got higher number of votes by volunteers have been ignored and those who got much lesser votes have been given party tickets, he claimed.
He said that he has sent his resignation to party's Punjab convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur. He said that he would join the political outfit to be announced by suspended AAP leader and Patiala MP Dharamvira Gandhi.
Former bureaucrat Karamjit Singh Sran, who worked as a vice-president of the administration and grievances cell of the AAP, has also resigned from the party.
He was not alone as former Faridkot zone in-charge of party’s intellectual cell Babu Singh Brar, former Ferozepur parliament zone coordinator Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and former vice-president of farmers’ wing Devinder Singh have also resigned from the party last month alleging that part was being run from Delhi. They hadveformed a political party ‘Apna Punjab’ to contest 2017 assembly polls.
Amarinder changes stance, attacks Badals, Majithia on drugs issue
HE AGGRESSION IS SEEN AS A MAJOR SHIFT FROM HIS POSITION IN 2014 WHEN HE VIRTUALLY GAVE A CLEAN CHIT TO MAJITHIA ON THE DRUGS ISSUE
From page 1 NEW DELHI: With nearly six months left for assembly elections in Punjab, state Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh, in a change of stance, has stepped up his attack on the ruling Badal family and revenue minister Bikram Singh Majithia on the drugs issue.
The sudden aggression is widely seen as a major shift from his position in 2014 when he virtually gave a clean chit to Majithia in the drugs trafficking allegations. Amarinder had then taken a stand contrary to his party colleagues, including the then state unit chief Partap Singh Bajwa.
Amarinder had argued that a person is innocent until proven guilty and also opposed his party’s demand for transferring the drug racket case from the state police to the CBI on the ground that it would mean playing into the hands of criminals and vested interests. But that was two years ago.
At a rally in Baba Bakala in Amritsar on August 18, Amarinder sang a completely different tune. He blamed chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, his son Sukhbir Singh Badal and Majithia for “pushing” the state into drugs.
The former CM promised that if the Congress forms the government in Punjab, he will “set Majithia right as he is responsible for destroying and devastating an entire generation.”
Amarinder’s political rivals claim that the shift is due to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal’s pledge to arrest Majithia for alleged drug smuggling. “If Majithia has courage he should get me arrested within six months. Otherwise after six months, I will get him arrested,” Kejriwal had said in Amritsar last month.
But the former CM’s aides dismiss the contention. “He has identified Badals as enemy number one of Punjab. Timing is of great essence. It is better to say appropriate things at appropriate time to convey the right message. Otherwise, it loses the punch,” Amarinder’s close aide Vimal Sumbly told HT.
“There is no ambiguity about his stand on Badals. His tenure between 2002 and 2007 is an example. He holds Badals responsible for all current ills like corruption, drugs, fake FIRs, unemployment, weakening of Punjab’s case on SYL in the Supreme Court and farmers’ plight.”
Ex-Hazoori Ragi’s ‘kirtan plan’ near Badal’s house foiled
CHANDIGARH: Former Golder Temple ‘hazoori ragi’ Bhai Baldev Singh Wadala was arrested here on Sunday afternoon to prevent him from reciting ‘kirtan’ outside Punjab CM’s official residence in Chandigarh. He had announced to do the ‘kirtan’ showdown on Sunday between 12 and 2pm.
Wadala had been vocal about the alleged anti-Gurmat activities at the shrines run by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), had announced to recite ‘kirtan’ in front of Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal’s residence to “make him realise the ground realities of the state”.Sector 3 officiating SHO Amanjot Singh said, “Wadala reached at the place around noon and we arrested him under Sections 107, 151 of the CrPC as a precautionary measure. He was produced before a sub-district magistrate.”
Amarinder calls for anti-Badal alliance
Our Correspondent
Phagwara, August 21
Badals biggest anti-Punjab force: Cong
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, August 20
Dubbing the Badal family and the SAD-BJP alliance as the biggest anti-Punjab force, Punjab Congress spokesperson Nimisha Mehta today made a satirical attack against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for his statement about contesting against anti-Punjab forces in the upcoming elections.
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