SAD asks Governor to dismiss Captain Amarinder Singh govt for purchasing loyalty of MLAs

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday urged Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore to take suo moto notice of the manner in which chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh was purchasing the loyalty of Congress legislators to save his chair by doling out jobs to their wards illegally and dismiss the Congress government immediately. It also asked youth whose rights had been usurped by Congress leaders to ‘gherao’ Captain Amarinder Singh and ministers to demand jobs for deserving and meritorious students. Also Read | ‘The Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh passes away due to post-COVID complication Addressing a press conference on this issue, senior SAD leaders Bikram Singh Majithia and Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema said the Governor should take note of the manner in which the State cabinet had legalized corruption by doling out jobs towards Congressmen on compassionate grounds even though they were not eligible for the same. Also Read | WTC Final 2021: Team India wears black armbands in remembrance of Milkha Singh The leaders said in case the Governor did not take action in the matter, the President should take note of the unconstitutional appointments and dismiss the Captain Amarinder Singh government immediately. They also announced that in case no action was taken in the matter, the SAD-BSP alliance would quash all illegal appointments made on compassionate grounds and also register cases against those responsible for the wrongdoing. Giving details, Bikram Majithia said it was condemnable that Captain Amarinder had taken a holy oath to provide jobs to each and every household and even got forms filled by the youth in this regard. “However jobs have only given to ‘crorepati’ Congressmen be it the family of former chief minister Beant Singh whose grandson was recruited as a DSP, wards of Congress MLAs Fatehjang Bajwa and Rakesh Pandey who have been appointed as Inspector and Naib Tehsildar respectively and son in law of cabinet minister Gurpreet Kangar who was given out of turn appointment as an Assistant ETO,” he said. He said in direct contrast the government had refused to give government jobs as promised to kin of 2,000 farmer suicide victims, 500 Kisan Andolan martyrs, or even para Olympians. “Even thousands of contractual employees are still awaiting regularization of their services as promised to them”. Click here to follow PTC News on Twitter -PTC News