My recent resignation over top appointments has been justified, Navjot Sidhu reacts to case against Majithia

GS Paul

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Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 22

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday said his earlier move to submit his ‘resignation’ against top judicial, police and bureaucratic appointments in the state had been justified.

Sidhu was reacting to the case registered against SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia under the NDPS Act.

Launching an attack on former CM Capt Amarinder Singh and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, Sidhu said, “Amarinder as CM, in connivance with the NDA government, shielded Majithia. He befooled the people of Punjab by wrongly saying that the drug investigation report was with the high court in a sealed cover; whereas in 2018, the high court had handed over the report to him and asked him to take action as per the law, but in vain. His actions were evident of him being in connivance with the NDA government (the SAD was in alliance with the BJP then) while being the CM of Punjab and giving protection to Majithia. This showed that he had taken a false oath to eradicate drug mafia just for political gains.”

He alleged that during Amarinder’s government, honest and sincere officers were removed and tainted ones acted as his puppets. “I believe that my resignation has been justified today. Let the law take its own course,” he said.

Sidhu said Kejriwal’s statement over the FIR on the basis of the ED and STF report against Majithia as a political stunt indicated his connivance with the SAD. “Kejriwal had tendered an apology to Majithia in the defamation case filed by the latter. This has exposed his double standards,” he said.

He said it is a matter of investigation that owing to a deal between AAP and Akalis, Punjab Roadways buses are not being allowed to have lucrative routes between Punjab and the Delhi airport.

He urged the people of Punjab to see through the smokescreen created by the AAP, Amarinder and the NDA government, benefiting Majithia and with the intention of exploiting Punjab and its resources. He asked the people of Punjab to make an informed decision and help bring the change in the state that they wanted.

He said he would stand by Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi till his last breath, and had prioritised his stand for Punjab. He said his fight against the drug mafia, and for the economic, social, religious and core issues of Punjab would continue.

“For this, a ‘Punjab Model’ has been prepared and if I am given the responsibility by the party high command, I will offer such a roadmap that would steer Punjab out of crisis,” he said.