Masjid-Gurdwara demolition remark: Amarinder joins chorus for action
The BJP leader said the apology by the said leader served no purpose as it had already caused immense damage to well-meaning people.
The BJP leader said the apology by the said leader served no purpose as it had already caused immense damage to well-meaning people.
This denial from the former Congress leader comes amid reports that the Punjab Congress leadership is in talks with some of its former leaders for their homecoming ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The CM said these ‘experienced politicians’ tried their level best to save the dreaded gangster and ensure a comfortable stay for him in a jail in Punjab.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann sets process in motion to recover lawyer's fee equally from them.
He said that Captain Amarinder and Randhawa will have to pay this money from their own pocket else their pensions and other benefits will be stopped to recover this money.
“The operational jurisdiction of the BSF concerns national security and not the law and order in the state, which the current powers that be in Punjab are apparently not able to understand”, he remarked in a statement today.
"Now he is saying that these guys robbed the treasury. Was he sleeping? He could see that loot was going on and he didn't do anything? This is a sign of cowardice," he added.
In a seven-page letter to Congress president, Amarinder, 78, described the Congress decision to call a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting 'in the dead of the night through Twitter' without informing him as the "most egregious act".
As to why he had not resigned yet from the party, Amarinder responded, “I have spent 50 years in the Congress, how does it matter if I stay for another 10 days?”
Captain Amarinder Singh said there was something very wrong and dangerous happening at the borders, which the state could ill-afford to ignore.