Tribune News Service
Amritsar, July 21
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday accused the Congress of lying about the compensation granted to the Jodhpur detainees.
In a statement here, MP Ranjit Singh Brahmpura said, “It is shocking that people like Patti MLA Harminder Singh Gill, who was himself wrongfully arrested and kept in illegal confinement along with 364 others, are now singing paeans in favour of the Congress and giving credit to Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh for the grant of Central compensation to the detainees.”
“The UPA government at the Centre had been oppossing the proposal of compensation to Jodhpur detainees. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) continued with the UPA government’s stand against releasing grant till Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and requested him to direct the CBI to change its stance and also release compensation to the detainees as directed by an Amritsar court. It is only after this that the Centre released Rs 2.16 crore to the state for disbursal to the detainees,” he added.
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