CHANDIGARH, May 5: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Capt Amarinder Singh today demanded the dismissal of the Akali-BJP government following the revelations made by the arrested Chief Parliamentary Secretary Raj Kumar Khurana to the Central Bureau of Investigation that several ministers were involved in the massive corruption scam that is unfolding.
Reacting to the disclosures made by the CBI counsel in the court based on Khurana’s statement, Capt Amarinder Singh said, this government had lost all the moral authority to be in power. “After these revelations it is now established beyond any doubt that this government is neck deep in corruption and it does not deserve to be there anymore”, he said.
“With ministers in the government involved in corruption and legislators involved in murder, there can be no better case for the dismissal of a government than this”, Capt Amarinder asserted, while remarking, the Chief Minister seems to have abdicated his authority.The PCC President pointed out, Khurana was not alone in this scandal and he had already revealed the involvement of two ministers who must also be arrested by the CBI so that they do not tamper with the evidence and destroy the proof.
He said, ideally this government should resign itself on moral grounds. “However we can’t expect Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal who is presiding over the most corrupt government in the history of Punjab to have moral courage, hence there is no other way but to dismiss this government at the earliest”, he said.
Capt Amarinder Singh pointed out, this government is not only involved in corruption, but its leaders are also involved in heinous crimes like murder as well. He said, while one MLA Mohan Lal from Bhanga is facing murder charges, another MLA Sarabjit Singh Makkar’s nephew recently killed a youth in Jallandhar.