SAD condemns attack on workers, President Sukhbir Singh Badal, demands Punjab CM's resignation

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) condemned the murderous attack on Akali workers as well as party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal by police- backed Congress goons at Jalalabad and demanded Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s resignation.

Chandigarh:

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) condemned the murderous attack on Akali workers as well as party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal by police- backed Congress goons at Jalalabad and demanded Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s resignation citing the complete breakdown in the law and order situation in the state.  

In a statement here, party spokesman Daljit Singh Cheema said “it seems there was a premeditated attempt on the SAD President’s life and the Jalalabad police was complicit in this crime as it allowed the attackers a free run. A high level judicial inquiry should be held into this attack under the supervision of the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana high court as the heinous act seems to be enjoy State patronage”. 

Asserting that democracy was being murdered in the State under Captain Amarinder Singh’s leadership with criminals ruling the roost, Cheema said that the chief minister had lost the moral right to continue on his post. 

“He should put in his papers immediately”, the SAD leader asserted while accusing the chief minister of being directly responsible for disturbing the peace and communal harmony of the state," he said.

Cheema said today’s incident was the culmination of the prevalent jungle law in the State in which mafias and goondas headed by Congressmen had taken over the state apparatus. 

“The chief minister is not only helpless in front of these mafias but also seems to have directed the State police not to act against them,” he remarked. 

The SAD leader also condemned the firing done by goons led by Congress legislator Raminder Awla’s son on the occasion. He said three Akali workers had suffered bullet injuries. 

Cheema said that it was clear now that free and fair elections could not be held to the municipal bodies under these circumstances. 

“The State Election Commission has also utterly failed to rein in rogue Congress elements. The SAD demands immediate deployment of Para- military forces in the State saying the Punjab Police could not be trusted to do its duty. The Ferozepur SSP and all other police officials complicit in this crime should also be proceeded against immediately," Cheema added.