Illegal liquor trade, mining cost Punjab Rs 6,500 cr: SAD

Attari, April 2

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal alleged that the Congress dented the state exchequer to the tune of around Rs 6,500 crore by indulging in illegal liquor manufacturing and sand mining.

Addressing a rally at Attari, he said the prevailing situation was so grim that several Congress leaders had warned the excise officials from entering villages in their constituency to check sale of spurious liquor.

“The confidants of several Congress legislators were responsible for running illegal distilleries. Similarly, outsiders from Rajasthan and Jammu had teamed up with Congress legislators to form a sand mafia. All Congressmen who had indulged in scams and looted the state exchequer would be taken to task once the SAD forms the government,” he said.

He also accused the CM of backstabbing farmers by promising and amending the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees in 2017 and also being part of the process of finalising the three agricultural ordinances as part of the committee formed for the process. — TNS