Kotkapura probe: Amid clamour, Cong top leaders briefed

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 23

With pressure growing within the Congress to fix responsibility of those who created obstacles in the SIT probe into the Kotkapura police firing case, the state party leadership is learnt to have briefed the party high command about the ongoing development related to the quashing of the probe by Punjab and Haryana High Court.

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The development gains significance in the wake of senior party leaders stepping up their attack on Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh over justice not being served to families of the police firing cases.

“Apart from the party’s top brass, Punjab affairs in charge and AICC general secretary Harish Rawat is also said to be in the loop. It is an unprecedented situation in which a court has stayed probe when challans have already been presented in lower courts,” said a senior party leader.

Sidhu at it again

Is sacrilege case not the top priority for the Home Minister? Making only Advocate General the scapegoat means executive authority has no supervisory control. Who controls the AG? Legal team is just a pawn in this game of shifting responsibilities. — Navjot Singh Sidhu, Congress leader

While strategising on the way forward after the high court judgment comes, Chief Minister, senior ministers and senior government functionaries have been discussing various legal options.

PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar said the party high command was in the know of things. “I believe the CM has briefed the party high command on the issue,” he said.