Justice is blind, Punjab isn’t: Navjot Singh Sidhu hits back at APS Deol

Chandigarh, November 7

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday hit back at senior advocate APS Deol, a day after the latter accused him of interfering in the functioning of the government and AG office, and spreading misinformation.

Sidhu used a long thread of 12 tweets to slam Deol. “Mr AG-Punjab, justice is blind but people of Punjab are not. Our Congress party came to power with a promise to give justice in sacrilege cases, in which you appeared before the High Court for main conspirators/accused persons and made serious allegations against our govt,” the first of the 12 tweets read. The Pradesh Congress president has been opposing Deol’s appointment as

AG. Deol had represented former DGP Sumedh Saini in cases related to the 2015 post-sacrilege police firing incidents.

In another tweet, Sidhu asked: “May I know which interest (vested or otherwise) were you acting for when you appeared for the main conspirators and procured a blanket bail for them?

“ A month after announcing his resignation as the PPC chief, Sidhu withdrew the same on Friday. However, he said he would resume charge only after the government replaced the AG.

“You appeared for the accused, now representing the State and very soon you will seek elevation as a judge so that you can decide this case... your focus is on politics and political gains,” Sidhu hit out at Deol.

On the STF report in drug cases, Sidhu said: “Upon being asked that what was stopping the government from taking action on the basis of the STF report filed in the High Court, you replied that It would be ethically wrong to proceed in the matter without the court’s nod.

“May I know what is unethical in proceeding against the accused persons on the basis of the STF report who are responsible for narco-terrorism in Punjab and has put India’s most prosperous state in danger of losing an entire generation to drug abuse?”— TNS

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