"Irresponsible": Amarinder Singh Retort On Chief Minister's Blasts Remark
NDTV
"It is not only unfortunate but highly irresponsible on part of the Chief Minister to jump to the conclusions by trying to construct a link between the blasts, the sacrilege incidents and the FIR against an Akali leader without investigation", Amarinder Singh said.
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's statement on the blast in Ludhiana today has given fresh ammunition to the opposition BJP and Akali Dal. The Chief Minister, they said, has controversially connected the court blast -- which killed one person and injured five -- with the drugs controversy in which the state's former minster Bikram Singh Majithia has been arrested.
"Since we started going after the drugs issue, such incidents of sacrilege in golden temple happened... then it happened in Kapurthala, which was not a case of sacrilege. Today, there was court hearing in Mohali. Then this blast happened," Mr Channi had said in Ludhina earlier today.
The court hearing in Mohali is seen a reference to Bikram Majithia, who is seeking bail in advance. Mr Majithia has been arrested for allegedly allowing drug smuggling through the use of his property or conveyance, financing the distribution or sale of drugs and criminal conspiracy for smuggling narcotics.
"We Punjabis have seen much more... we fought for independence... we have seen militancy as well... so this is not a big incident but we will control this... Nobody will be allowed to disturb the peace of state," Mr Channi had added.
