Will launch probe if voted to power: Captain

Gurminder Singh Grewal

Khamano, June 25

Alleging huge scam in almost all recruitments done by the SAD-BJP government in different departments in the past some months, Punjab Congress Chief Captain Amarinder Singh said they would inquire these recruitments if voted to power in the coming state Assembly elections.

He was here to participate in “Halke Vich Captain” programme. He said SAD leaders were collecting Rs 15 to 50 lakh per candidate from unemployed youths to provide them jobs which was a cruel joke as they were already under debt.

He said they would set up a commission to inquire all these irregularities if voted to power, adding that although the name of Akali Dal leader Dayal Singh Kolianwali had surfaced in the recruitment scam, the state government was trying to save him to save other top leaders of the party whose name can also figure.

He said there were about 90 lakh unemployed youths seeking jobs in the state, but the state government had failed to do anything in this regard.

He said their government will ensure one job per family to end unemployment in the state. He said he was in favour of inquiry of all cases related to 1984 riots, including 44 cases in which the names of RSS leaders had surfaced. He, however, said the probe should be fair and the cases should be inquired without any favour to any person or party.

He said the rule of mafia in the state on the patronage of Akali Dal and BJP leaders would end in some days if the Congress voted to power.

Answering another question, the Captain said issues including that of cable, sand among others would be inquired if the Congress was voted to power and action would be taken as per the law. He said famer suicides would stop after the formation of the Congress government as the loans of farmers would be waived off and new techniques would be adopted to increases per acre income through diversification.