Last Update: May 02, 2023, 19:41 IST
CM Bhagwant Mann said that Khaira had a habit of making baseless allegations. (twitter file)
Mann said, “If Kataruchak was involved in any kind of impropriety, why did Khaira’s political alliance field him as a candidate in the 2019 parliamentary elections? Khaira should answer.”
A minister in Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led cabinet has come under fire from opposition parties over an alleged video clipping of “sexual misconduct”, triggering demands for his sacking, even as the CM on Tuesday Said that “no video clipping has reached us”.
Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Congress MLA from Bholath and chairman of the All India Kisan Congress, made the allegations against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister Lal Chand Kataruchak. Kataruchak has refuted the allegations.
Days before the by-election to the crucial Jalandhar parliamentary seat, Khaira submitted two purported video clippings to Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit and demanded a forensic test. They also demanded the arrest and dismissal of the minister in case the clipping is found to be genuine.
The CM, however, said that Khaira was in the habit of making baseless allegations to remain in limelight and gain political mileage.
“His allegation on my Minister Kataruchak about the employment of his relatives in his official staff is also baseless. If Kataruchak was involved in some kind of impropriety, why did Khaira’s political alliance field him as a candidate in the 2019 parliamentary elections? Khaira should answer,” said Mann.
Sources said the clippings – one of three minutes and the other of eight minutes – have been sent to the Chandigarh DGP for verifying its veracity. The incident has turned into a big controversy as the by-election is just 10 days away. The controversy was further fueled by a tweet by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa, who declared that “the Punjab chief minister will be forced to sack the minister… Another AAP wicket to fall in Punjab”. Is”.
Stay tuned for details on the fallout of another “Big Exposure” and @AAPPunjab Minister. CM Bhagwant Mann will be forced to sack that minister.
The countdown begins now. Another wicket is about to fall for you in Punjab
– Manjinder Singh Sirsa (@mssirsa) May 1, 2023
Khaira has also accused Food and Supplies Minister Kataruchak of “grossly abusing his official position by appointing his son Robin Singh as his telephone assistant”; His sister-in-law’s son Vikas Deviyal as his special assistant and Sahil Saini, his close political aide, as his cook. The minister has denied the allegation.
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