Majithia takes on Cong MLAs in Assembly after comments on his family

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 20

After Congress MLAs targeted SAD MLA Bikram Majithia’s family in the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday, the Akali leader dared them to prove that his grandfather had hosted the dinner for Gen Dyer.

During discussion on the Governor’s address, Majithia dragged Congress’s Sukhjinder Randhawa in the slugfest saying Randhawa’s father had thanked Indira Gandhi for the attack on the Golden Temple.

To this, Randhawa said his father had in fact spoken against terrorism.

Earlier, SAD-BJP MLAs staged a walkout after a resolution moved by them declaring Pakistan as a terrorist state was rejected.

SAD MLA Parminder Dhindsa had raised the issue saying the party wanted to move the issue of terror attack in Kashmir in a new perspective.

Addressing the media outside the House, Dhindsa said the people were looking to the Congress government to take a nationalist stand.

The resolution was against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, condemning his statement made on Tuesday.

Dhindsa said Congress ministers Charanjit Singh Channi and Sukhjinder Randhawa stalled the resolution, which exposed their double standards on taking a nationalist stand.

He wondered why CM Capt Amarinder Singh should object to the resolution, in contrast to the “ultra-nationalist” stand taken by him in public.

Earlier, AAP MLAs also staged a walkout during Question Hour as they were not satisfied with the government’s reply on the issue of proclaimed offenders.

Soon after the session began, AAP legislators went into the Well of the House and raised slogans.

On Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura firing, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said findings of the Justice Ranjit Singh Commission would be taken on priority and indicated that heads would roll. 

Singh said that his government would inctroduce a law to regularise contractual employees and expedite promotions. He said his government has already announced 5 per cent DA, and that a Cabinet sub-committee was already looking into issues of employees as well as 2 per cent reservation for wards of government employees.